On November 6, 1965, Thomas Cornell, Marc Paul Edelman, Roy Lisker, David McReynolds, and James Wilson - all members of the  Catholic Workers  movement -  burned their draft cards aspart of a protest against the Vietnam War.

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In his announcement of the upcoming 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, Pope Francis called the faithful to read the signs of the times and to search amongst them for signs of hope. The Holy Father tells us that the first of these must be “the desire for peace in our world, which once more finds itself immersed in the tragedy of war…May the Jubilee remind us that those who are peacemakers will be called ‘children of God’ (Mt 5:9). The need for peace challenges us all, and demands that concrete steps be taken.” Likewise, Pope Francis asks the wider Christian community to offer real signs of hope to the poor at home and across the world whose material needs go unmet. In the life and legacy of Dorothy Day, we read these signs.

Registration is now open for our for a one-day symposium! This event sponsored by the Dorothy Day Guild and the Dorothy Day Center for the Study and Promotion of Social Catholicism on Saturday, March 29th, 2025 on the campus of Manhattan University in the Bronx, NY. Click here to read the initial call for papers and view the preliminary symposium schedule.

We invite scholars at every level and peace practitioners whose life and work have been influenced by Dorothy Day’s legacy to join us in March for a day of shared conversation, clarification of thought, prayer, and fellowship.

We are so excited to bring Lisa Wagner-Carollo's acclaimed play to South Bend! 

"Haunted by God" is a dramatic portrait of Dorothy as the co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. From 1933 until her death in 1980, Dorothy spent 47 years caring for the poor and leading the Catholic Church to a more active concern for the needy in U.S. society. How did Dorothy become such a towering figure of conscience and a saint for our time?

This one-woman play, featuring Still Point Theatre Founder/Artistic Director Lisa Wagner-Carollo, follows Dorothy from her days as a 17 year-old Greenwich Village bohemian through her later years as a tireless champion of social justice. "Haunted by God: The Life of Dorothy Day" has been touring the U.S. since May of 1990, and has also been presented internationally at the Pax Christi International Conference in Assisi, Italy in 1995, and at the 1999 Parliament of World Religions in Cape Town, South Africa.

Many thanks to the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame for their co-sponsorship of this event, and to the South Bend Catholic Worker community for welcoming us to Our Lady of the Road!