Praying with Dorothy Day

by Rosemary Broughton, James Allaire, James; Broughton Allaire

Book Overview

Comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable, Dorothy Day provides a contemporary model for the qualities of holiness. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884893065
• ISBN13: 9780884893066
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Praying With Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day's leagacy is a radical movement of lay people, faithful to the Gospel, immersed in the social issues of the day, with the aim of transforming both individuals and society. She cofounded the Catholic Worker Movement, which she called a "permanent revolution," and The Catholic Worker newspaper, intended to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Dorothy Day provides a contemporary model for the qualities of holiness. James Allaire is a cofounder of the Dan Corcoran Catholic Worker House in Winona, Minnesota. Previously a teacher and counselor, he is currently an informaton consultant to mental health practices. Rosemary Broughton, STL, PhD, presently works with refugees as a volunteer at Romero House in Toronto and has been actively involved in adult religious education. She has directed the Institute in Pastoral Ministries at Saint Mary's College of Minnesota and taught at the College of Saint Teresa. Broughton is also the author of Praying With Teresa of Avila (Companions for the Journey). --- from book's back cover