Dorothy Day w/video

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Dorothy Day was a Catholic, a professed anarchist, and an advocate for the poor and an advocate of pacifism. In her early years she worded as a journalist for some radical newspapers and as an activist for socialist and anarchist causes. After converting to Catholicism, she pondered how best to take the life and example of Jesus seriously. In 1932 she met French Catholic Peter Maurin, who had developed an idea for a “green revolution,” which combined rural farming with establishing houses of hospitality in cities on behalf of the poor. Out of this idea grew the Catholic Worker movement, aimed to unite workers and intellectuals in joint activities ranging from farming to educational discussions. The movement grew quickly. Within three years their monthly newspaper, The Catholic Worker, had a 150,000 subscribers, and houses of hospitality had sprang up in other cities outside of New York. The workers at these houses commit themselves to voluntary poverty and works of mercy.
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