What Did Dorothy Day Believe In

Day had a belief in gospel-based nonviolence – a literal embracing of Jesus’ command that we love our enemies. She served as a model of holiness as a lay woman and a mother (Anderson, 1997). During the 1930’s, she contributed seven articles, with social political themes, to the journal America.

What did Dorothy Day stand for?

Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist turned social activist, who, along with Peter Maurin, founded the Catholic Worker Movement. She became known for her social justice campaigns in defense of the poor, forsaken, hungry and homeless.

What can you learn from Dorothy Day?

Dorothy learned about kindness and compassion from her mother, whose actions at the time of the earthquake spoke powerfully to the child of the way the world ought to be all the time. Parents never fully know how their own actions may be the seeds of their children’s vocation, and even sainthood!