Founded in 1970, Los Angeles Catholic Worker is modeled after the Catholic Worker movement started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in Greenwich Village in New York City in 1933 to relieve poverty.
Dorothy Day
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Sainthood cause for Dorothy Day picking up steam in U.S.
The documentation being prepared for the canonization cause of Dorothy Day could be completed by sometime next year and then subsequently forwarded to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Subway mysticism: How Madeleine Delbrêl transformed my commute
The church needs Madeleine Delbrêl’s words and example to transform our vision of one another, whether across ecclesial lines or simply across the subway aisle.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Jim Forest’s new memoir delves into his ‘unusual conscience’
Jim Forest’s memoir functions as both a personal history and a snapshot of a tumultuous era in American society—the 1960s—when Forest solidified his opposition to unjust war and his faith in active nonviolence.
Posted inFaith, News
Panel assesses Dorothy Day’s impact on church and their own lives
“Dorothy taught me to pay attention and feel the sufferings of others,” said Martha Hennessy, one of Day’s granddaughters.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What Dorothy Day can teach us about prudence and discernment
This interview first appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of In Our Time, the newsletter of the Dorothy Day Guild, edited by Carolyn Zablotny.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Catholic Case for Communism
What Catholics (still) don’t understand about communism.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Why we published an essay sympathetic to communism
You should not assume that America’s editorial position on communism has changed very much. It has not, Matt Malone, S.J. writes. What has also not changed is our willingness to hear views with which we may disagree but that we nonetheless think are worth hearing.
Posted inFaith, Video
Saints in 60 seconds: Dorothy Day
Fr. James Martin reflects on his favorite saints. This week’s topic: Servant of God Dorothy Day.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
When Dorothy Day took a knee
The saints and heroes of our faith have much to teach us about our contemporary political context.