On May Day, 1933, a group of Catholics gathered at the Union Square May Day rally with a mission. They had come to sell The Catholic Worker, at “a penny a copy.” Dorothy Day had connected with Peter M… more →
walk the waywrote 23 hours ago: Dorothy Day: It is no use saying that we are born two thousand years too late to give room to Christ … more →
wrote 2 days ago: The following is from the baccalaureate speech given at Sewanee, the University of the South, by Dav … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Being a relatively new convert to Catholicism, I had never heard of Dorothy Day until she was on the … more →
wrote 1 week ago: What we do is very little. But it is like the little boy with a few loaves and fishes. Christ took t … more →
wrote 1 week ago: God’s love comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable. Dorothy Day … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! SEND YOUR NOMINATIONS IN BY EMAIL! DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! Email nomina … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I finally understood I really did have to put in the hard work, that becoming a writer was in its ow … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Do you know someone who has been working “under the radar” to bring about peace with jus … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Today is a significant anniversary for the Catholic Church in the United States. It’s especial … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Catherine of Siena from iBenedictines 4/29/2013 Self Portrait Homily by Thomas Boyer April 28, 2013 … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: “Love is Nothing . . .” from John 13:31-35 Delivered to Church for the Highland … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Starting a dialogue about Christian response to the poor can be a little challenging, especially whe … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: The other day a good friend and I were discussing the state of the world. Our conversation touched o … more →
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wrote 4 weeks ago: There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her i … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This book chronicles the influences and writing struggles of Flannery O’Connor, Thomas Merton, … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I wrote the following right after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December. It’s … more →
wrote 1 month ago: i need to be Malcolm Astley right now. Love that man. ‘He, who said to his only child’s killer, to … more →