Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Dorothy Day Activist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Nov 8, 1897
  • Died: Nov 29, 1980

Dorothy Day, Obl.O.S.B. was an American journalist, social activist, and devout Catholic convert. She advocated the Catholic economic theory of distributism. In the 1930s, Day worked closely with fellow activist Peter Maurin to establish the Catholic Worker Movement, a pacifist movement that continues to combine direct aid for the poor and homeless with nonviolent direct action on their behalf. She served as editor of the Catholic Worker newspaper from 1933 until her death in 1980.

The Catholic Church has opened the cause for Day's canonization and therefore refers to her with the title Servant of God.

Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them. fear

Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do. men & women

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on. legal

Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul. food