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.

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

Retired businessman, catalyst for annual Dorothy Day lecture at Manhattan College, his alma mater.

Carmina Chapp, Catholic theologian, educator, and founder with her husband, Larry, of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm in Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania.

Journalist and producer of podcast and videos at America magazine.

Community member in New York City and CW editor in the late 1970s, author of several major books on Day and editor of her journals and correspondence who has written extensively on the lives of the saints.

Former chaplain to the New York City house who presided at Dorothy’s funeral Mass, visual artist who has painted several portraits of Day in her later years.

Peace activist and current member of the New York City CW community who also bears the distinction of being one of Dorothy Day’s nine grandchildren.

Community member and editor in New York City during the VietNam era, a frequent contributor to the paper who for decades, with her husband Patrick, maintained Dorothy’s beach cottage on Staten Island.

Social worker and member of the Casa Juan Diego Catholic Worker community in Houston, TX.

Cofounder and Coordinator of the Dorothy Day Canonization Support Network

Retired physician who coordinates the cause’s transcription process.

Executive Director, New York Catholic Charities.

Long-time editor of In Our Time, the newsletter of the Dorothy Day Guild.

Delegate of the Archdiocese of New York for Dorothy's cause for canonization, appointed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

A member of the Benedictine Community and Prioress of Transfiguration Monastery in Windsor, New York, who is a teacher, writer, and retreat leader

With her late husband, Mark, co-author of major studies on the Catholic Worker movement and co-founder of a house of hospitality in Houston, Texas

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.