The great obstacle may be not greed but the modern hankering after glamour.
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| Dorothy Day |
When I think of the kind of worker the job requires, I think of Dorothy Day (if one can think of Dorothy Day herself, separate from the publicity that came as a result of her rarity), a person willing to go down and down into the daunting, humbling, almost hopeless local presence of the problem--to face the great problem one small life at a time.
-- Wendell Berry, Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community: Eight Essays.
Born in 1897, Dorothy Day was baptized in 1927. After her conversion, Day desired to combine her activism and her faith. Peter Maurin's brand of personalism provided the link that Day sought. In 1933 Day and Maurin founded The Catholic Worker newspaper and house of hospitality. Until her death in 1980, Day continued to work on behalf of her "fellow workers" and the poor.
More information about the personalism of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin is included on a PDF file provided by the National Catholic Reporter and used with persmission. Click on the following link to read Pat Marrin's article on the personalist roots (PDF file) of the Catholic Worker Movement.
-- Wendell Berry, Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community: Eight Essays.
Born in 1897, Dorothy Day was baptized in 1927. After her conversion, Day desired to combine her activism and her faith. Peter Maurin's brand of personalism provided the link that Day sought. In 1933 Day and Maurin founded The Catholic Worker newspaper and house of hospitality. Until her death in 1980, Day continued to work on behalf of her "fellow workers" and the poor.
More information about the personalism of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin is included on a PDF file provided by the National Catholic Reporter and used with persmission. Click on the following link to read Pat Marrin's article on the personalist roots (PDF file) of the Catholic Worker Movement.
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