
Whither the Catholic Worker Movement?
COMMENTARY: One cannot understand the movement unless one understands how central the totality of Dorothy Day’s Catholic faith was to the entirety of her vision, and sadly the movement has lost sight of it.
COMMENTARY: One cannot understand the movement unless one understands how central the totality of Dorothy Day’s Catholic faith was to the entirety of her vision, and sadly the movement has lost sight of it.
A new generation of communities is integrating hospitality and solidarity with the poor through prayer and Church fidelity, consistent with the vision of the movement’s founders.
COMMENTARY: We must be present and available to the elderly, welcome them, bring them into our lives.
COMMENTARY: Contemplating what constitutes ‘a good and beautiful work.’
“Respect for the human person considers the other ‘another self.’ It presupposes respect for the fundamental rights that flow from the dignity intrinsic of the person.” (CCC 1944)
COMMENTARY: The Church we see mixes Divine and human, and the human beings in it show themselves to be very human indeed.
COMMENTARY: From Day’s autobiography, ‘The Long Loneliness,’ to her letters, this list ‘is a beginning for all of us’
“Folks, you're witnessing history,” Cardinal Dolan said during his homily on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, calling Day a “radiant star” of “American sanctity.”
A member of one of the country’s newest Catholic Worker communities reflects on the life and ongoing witness of Servant of God Dorothy Day.
Documentary was funded in part by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Communication Campaign and The Lilly Foundation.
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