Celebrating 78 Years: 1933--2011
On May 1, 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression, The Catholic Worker newspaper made its debut with a first issue of twenty-five hundred copies. Dorothy Day and a few others hawked the paper in Union Square for a penny a copy (still the price) to passersby.
The Catholic Worker Movement is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every human person. Today 213 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism, and violence of all forms. Explore the life and writings of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin as well as sample contemporary Catholic Worker thought and action.
Catholic Workers & the Occupy Movement
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New website feature: "On Pilgrimage . . . Today". Stories of CW works of mercy in our time. In the Communities section.
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What's New?
Sunday November 13, 2011
The Diaries of Dorothy Day now in e-book and paperback
The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day. Edited by Robert Ellsberg, the book is now available in eBook and paperback formats. (Available on Amazon for $12.)
Martha Hennessy talk on Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker (video)
Video of Martha Hennessy's talk “Inspiration for the 21st Century Radical”. Martha is the grand daughter of Dorothy Day. In the talk she discusses her life within the Catholic Worker movement.
Catholic Worker Journal Launches
CWJ was created to be an online resource to share current news, events, literature, and resources for members and affiliates of the Catholic Worker Movement.
Jim Forest talk on Dorothy Day at Marquette (video)
Jim Forest recently gave a talk titled“Dorothy Day: A Saint for Today’s World?”at Marquette University upon publication of his new biography All is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day.
All Is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day by Jim Forest
This revised and expanded biography of Dorothy Day, by someone who knew and worked with her, is an intimate portrait and richly illustrated by photos and Catholic Worker art. Available now from Orbis Books.
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