Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day was so cool.
She, with Peter Maurin, were the originators of the Catholic Worker movement, which spawned a hundred newspapers and at least a thousand hospitality houses, all over North America.
She was a single mom, who suddenly needed to connect with God.
She had no regular income, but she knew that she needed to help the poor. And this during the Depression.
She had a passion to write about the poor and so she started her own newspaper. And because she didn’t want money to get in the way of people reading it, she sold it for a penny.
Many American Catholics are trying to get her to become an officially recognized Catholic saint. Whether she ever does or not, she is a saint before the throne of God, loving Him and His people.
For more info on Dorothy Day, check out:
http://www.catholicworker.org/Dorothyday/ddbiographytext.cfm?Number=72
She, with Peter Maurin, were the originators of the Catholic Worker movement, which spawned a hundred newspapers and at least a thousand hospitality houses, all over North America.
She was a single mom, who suddenly needed to connect with God.
She had no regular income, but she knew that she needed to help the poor. And this during the Depression.
She had a passion to write about the poor and so she started her own newspaper. And because she didn’t want money to get in the way of people reading it, she sold it for a penny.
Many American Catholics are trying to get her to become an officially recognized Catholic saint. Whether she ever does or not, she is a saint before the throne of God, loving Him and His people.
For more info on Dorothy Day, check out:
http://www.catholicworker.org/Dorothyday/ddbiographytext.cfm?Number=72
Labels: Catholic, Catholic Worker, Depression, poor, saints
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