IN OUR TIME : Volume 1 (digital), Issue 1

June 30, 2023


IN OUR TIME


Newsletter of the

Dorothy Day Guild

Volume 1 (digital), Issue 1
June 2023

FOR MORE TO READ
(and in the tradition of the Catholic Worker to help "clarify thought"),
here are some engaging articles on nonviolence:

Nonviolence as a way of life.
"In a violent world, some find Gospel nonviolence a worthy alternative."

(Our thanks for viewing to the
National Catholic Reporter)
 

More light on the full flowering of Day's pacifism.

"The Spirituality of Dorothy Day's Pacifism,"
by Anne Klejment

(Permission to view thanks to U.S. Catholic Historian)

 

Vivid recounting by one who was there of the
Catholic Worker's efforts to practice peace.

"The Roots of Dorothy Day's Pacifism:
Solidarity, Compassion, and a Stubborn Hold on Truth,"
by Tom Cornell

(Our thanks for viewing to the Houston Catholic Worker)

 

An inflection point in American Catholic history.

"We Are Still Pacifists:
Dorothy Day's Pacifism during World War II,"
by Sandra Yokum Mize

(Thanks to American Catholic Studies and JSTOR,
full access available for the month of July.
Hard copies, upon request, available from the Guild.) 

Documenting the dogged protest of the air-raid drills. 
"Spiritual Exercises," from the archives of In Our Time



YOUR SUPPORT KEEPS THE CAUSE MOVING!

Blessed and be-ribboned boxes of evidence sent to Rome in 2022, 
marking the start of the final phase of the inquiry into Day’s holiness.

THANK YOU

for Joining the Dorothy Day Guild
as a New Member or a Renewing Member 
and/or for Making a Donation.

HELP HERE

Lower East Side, Bro. Mickey McGrath
(long the home to Day, pictured lower right, writing)


DEAR READERS

We'd love to hear from you!

And learn what is
on your minds,
in your hearts,
or your prayers
about Dorothy
and the cause.
 
Contact: 
ddg@archny.org 
(subject line: In Our Time)



IN OUR TIME 

Editorial and Production Team
Carolyn Zablotny, Interim Editor
Colleen Dulle
Anthony Santella
Gabriella Wilke

 
Contributors
Writers:     
 Mary Beth Becker, Judy Coode, Anne Klejment, Casey Mullaney, 
                       Fumi Tosu

Designer:    Mindy Indy, www.mindyindy.com
Lettering:   Linda Henry Orell
 
Credits
Art:      Ade Bethune, “Peace Tree,” masthead; “Vine and Branches,” border
 
Our deep thanks to Bro. Martin Erspamer, OSB, for the use of his iconic images (preceding columns for “Good Talk,” “Breaking Bread,” “Sowing Seeds,” “Signs of Holiness”) and to Bro. Mickey McGrath, OSFS, for the use of his illustration, “Lower East Side.”

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