Celebrating 79 Years: 1933--2012
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.
Volunteers Needed
Would you like to help complete the Dorothy Day Library on the Web?
Volunteers are needed to digitize articles from The Catholic Worker newspaper written by Dorothy Day.
Contact Jim Allaire at catholicworker.org@gmail.com for more information.
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On Pilgrimage . . . Today
Thursday February 23, 2012
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The stories posted here are living instances of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy in the Catholic Worker Movement today.
Anticlimactic arrest, hospitable detention after days of demonstration 02/18/12
A Catholic Worker farmer and veteran peace activist, Brian Terrell has participated in human rights delegations to Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, Central America and Chiapas, Mexico.
Strangers & Guests Catholic Worker Community (Maloy, IA)
People who are homeless deserve respect 02/11/12
Our organization, Catholic Worker House, with the help of many collaborating churches . . . is serving three times as many people as we did in 2010 — 125 to 150 a day — because the need is greater in these challenging economic times.
San Antonio Catholic Worker (San Antonio, TX)
Desert perspective: Wilson uses EMT training to aid immigrants along U.S./Mexico 02/11/12
Dan Wilson spent last summer working in the Sonora Desert along the U.S./Mexico border, using his skills as a trained emergency medical technician and witnessing firsthand another aspect of the immigration story.
Winona Catholic Worker (Winona, MN)
Protest the Missile Launch! 02/06/12
Friday Feb 24: Protest the launch of a Nuclear warhead capable test missile (ICBM) set for early am of Feb 25 from Vandenberg AFB to the Marshall Islands.
Los Angeles Catholic Worker Community (Los Angeles, CA)
More "On Pilgrimage . . . Today" stories
Also visit the Catholic Worker Journal for more news, commentary, essays, literature, discussion, and reviews of interest to members and friends of the Catholic Worker Movement.
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