Chair

Kevin Ahern, PhD is a public theologian and professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College in New York, where he directs the Dorothy Day Center for the Study and promotion of Social Catholicism. He is the author of Structures of Grace: Catholic Organizations Serving the Global Common Good  and editor of several books. Kevin served as president of two international associations of the faithful, the International Movement of Catholic Students (2003-2007) and ICMICA-Pax Romana, a global network of Catholic professionals (2016-2021). @kevin_ahern 

Vice-Chair

Deirdre Cornell is an author and the managing editor of Maryknoll magazine. She grew up in the Catholic Worker movement in a home deeply influenced by Dorothy Day and later served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Mexico with her husband and five children. Deirdre holds a master's degree in theology and is the author of four books, including Jesus Was a Migrant and American Madonna: Crossing Borders with the Virgin Mary.

Vice-Postulator

George B. Horton graduated from Holy Cross College in 1967, and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1973. In 1981, he began work for Catholic Charities and in 1991 became the Director of the Department of Social and Community Development. He co-founded an educational and storytelling program for people who are homeless. He is currently retired after serving 41 years at Catholic Charities. Since its inception, he has assisted in the Canonization Cause of Dorothy Day, and has participated in The Dorothy Day Guild.

Secretary

Alex is the author of the first extensive bibliography of the writings by and about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker. He is a retired attorney whose practice focused primarily on affordable housing.

Treasurer

Jim is a retired businessman who inititiated the annual Dorothy Day lecture at Manhattan University, his alma mater.

Carmina is Catholic theologian, educator, and co-founder of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm in Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania.

Colleen is a journalist and producer of podcast and videos at America magazine.

Robert is a former member of the New York Catholic Worker community and served as managing editor of The Catholic Worker in the 1970s. He now serves as the editor-in-chief of Orbis Books.

Robert is author of several major books on Dorthy and is the editor of her journals and correspondence. He has also written extensively on the lives of the saints. Robert was a member of the Historical Commission, appointed by the Archdiocese to prepare Dorothy's cause for canonization. 

Geoffrey is the former chaplain to the New York Catholic Worker community, who in this role presided at Dorothy’s funeral Mass. He is a visual artist who has painted several portraits of Dorothy in her later years.

Martha Hennessy, seventh grandchild of Dorothy Day, divides her time between the family farm in Vermont and Maryhouse Catholic Worker in New York City, where she practices the works of mercy.

Martha is a retired occupational therapist, and grandmother of nine. She has been imprisoned protesting war and nuclear power/weapons, the use of drones, and the torture of prisoners in Guantanamo and US prisons.

She has traveled to Russia, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Korea, and Palestine to understand the impact of United States foreign military policy and the effects on countries around the world.

Martha travels and speaks on the topics of her Catholic faith, family life, work in community, Catholic Social Teaching, war and peace, nuclear abolition, and peacemaking efforts in the tradition of the Catholic Worker movement.

Kathleen is a former member of the New York Catholic Worker community who served as an editor of The Catholic Worker during the Vietnam era. She has been a  frequent contributor to the paper and for decades maintained Dorothy’s beach cottage on Staten Island with her husband, Patrick.

Dawn is a social worker and member of the Casa Juan Diego Catholic Worker community in Houston, TX.

David is the cofounder and coordinator of the Dorothy Day Canonization Support Network. He is a Benedictine Oblate and a member of the extended community at Casa Esther Catholic Worker House in Omro, WI. 

Dr. Joe Sclafani was a practicing obstetrician in the United States for 30 years, while also providing medical services and education in seven African and Asian countries until 2024. From 2018 until 2021 he assisted in the preparation of materials sent to the Vatican as part of Dorothy's Cause for Canonization. He now devotes his time developing programs and events to educate the public about the life and faith of Dorothy Day."

Msgr. Kevin Sullivan is the executive director of Catholic Charities for the New York Archdiocese.

Carolyn is the long-time editor of In Our Time, the newsletter of the Dorothy Day Guild.

Msgr. Greg Mustaciuolo serves as the Delegate of the Archdiocese of New York for Dorothy's cause for canonization, a role to which he was  appointed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

Sister Mary Donald Corcoran is a member of the Benedictine Community and Prioress of Transfiguration Monastery in Windsor, New York. She is a teacher, writer, and retreat leader.

Kelly Johnson found her spiritual home living in Catholic Worker communities in Connecticut and Minnesota. After years of working for peace, justice, and faith in Northern Ireland, Poland, and the US, she completed a Ph.D in theology and ethics at Duke. She now holds the Fr. William J. Ferree Chair of Social Justice at the University of Dayton. 

Fr. Michael Thomas is a Holy Cross priest. As a college student, he encountered the Catholic Worker in his hometown of South Bend, Indiana at the St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker.

Louise is the co-author of major studies on the Catholic Worker movement with her late husband, Mark Zwick. Louise and Mark are also co-founders of the Casa Juan Diego Catholic Worker community in Houston, TX. 

Volunteer

A longtime practitioner of Catholic Worker hospitality, most recently at the Peter Maurin Farm in Marlboro, New York until her death in 2025. Monica and her husband Tom were close friends of Dorothy's. 

Pat joined the Catholic Worker movement in 1968 and served as managing editor of the newspaper in the 1970s. He was a close friend of Dorothy's and with his wife, Kathleen, helped to care for her on Staten Island at the end of her life. A founding member of the Guild, Pat died in 2025.