In the times when people were acting violence, out of control due to the great depression and many people losing their jobs all around the United States, two brave person; Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin brought hope to the people. Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin founded the Catholic Worker Movement. After both having a spiritual awakening Dorothy Day became a catholic and along with Peter Maurin they both decided to found the Catholic Worker Movement to inspire others, and bring peace to the nation and if possible to the world. The catholic worker movement was not directly associated with the Catholic Church due to the difference each had but at time people felt like it should have been. Both Day and Maurin used the catholic movement to transcend to people home and heart and to promote pacifist attitude during the harsh years of the 1930s.
One of the founders of the Catholic Worker Movement was Peter Maurin. Peter Maurin was born in May 9, 1877 to a poor farming family in the village in the southern part of France. He went to the De La Salle Brother which was an Institution of the brothers of the Christian school but later was discourage due to the shift of focusing on political action instead of what it was originally supposed to do. For about 10 years he traveled until he finally landed in a suburb in New York. Around the 1920s Peter Maurin became a French tutor in New York it was around this time when he experience a religious conversion. Peter Maurin became inspired by the life of Francis of Asis and one of Francis of Asis believe which Peter Maurin took was the gift to help others in the community which he used by not charging an exact amount to the people he tutor but just receiving what they thought it was logical.
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... fighting for a Jewish cause. This book carefully examines exactly how much Wald distanced herself from her Jewish heritage. Marjorie N. Feld did a wonderful job of portraying Wald as not only a strong, independent woman, but firm in her belief of universalism not particularism. Although the book is written in a highly academic format Feld was able to give the story of Lillian Wald in a matter that allows all who read it to appreciate and understand her work. Wald is the kind of woman all people should hope to meet in their life. After a few pages readers will find themselves intrigued at how well the book was written, Feld inserts quotations from Wald herself that quickly and concisely show the kind of woman she was. This book should be read by anyone who has an interest in the progressive era, women’s rights, or simply the rights of all the world’s diverse people.
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In Florence Kelley’s 1905 speech to the Philadelphia convention of the National American Women Suffrage Association, she accentuates the obligatory need to reform the working conditions for young children.
While learning of Dorothy's day life, we can truly see what a virtuous life looks like. Day grew up very little and played a major role in the social justice movement and was punished because of her part in it. Day had to overcome these struggles and because of this, she became a virtuous person. Day dedicated her life to helping the homeless and gave everything she had to people who had less than her. She had created a house of hospitality, that welcomed everyone, including drug addicts and prostitutes. Day didn’t ask for anything in return, she enjoyed helping these people. In the text she writes, “We appealed in our last issue for bed, and eight bed came. Our House of Hospitality for unemployed women is furnished now, and the surplus hat comes in we will gives to unemployed people in the neighborhood” (Day 60). Day was in the process of creating this one for women, it didn't matter how much she had, all she cared about was helping others in need. She used reason and her faith to make these choices, there was no battle, doing the right thing was natural. Dorothy Day was also one of the creators of the Catholic Worker, which became very influential to the social justice movement. A source writes, “They called the paper The "Catholic" Worker because at the time many Catholics were poor. Peter and Dorothy wanted to influence Catholics, who were criticized for a lack of social and political morality. The
Leonora M. Barry was born in County Cork, Ireland, on August 13th, 1849. She was raised by her parents, John and Honor Granger Kearney (en.wikipedia.org). Leonora lost her mother at an early age and faced many family hardships. But, she persevered and became a school teacher at the age of 15. In 1880, Leonora’s husband died and she was left to raise three children alone. Leonora needed money so she got a job in a factory where she worked for two years. The factory was a miserable place to work with terrible hourly wages. However, she needed the money to support her family. In 1884, Leonora Barry joined the Knights of Labor and campaigned to abolish child labor. Leonora was elected to travel to different factories and record her observations of poor working conditions in factories for women. She traveled to the biggest industrial cities. This task prompted Leonora to write “Organizing Women Workers.” () Leonora was also prompted to write the article by her personal beliefs and views. She had worked in a factory for two years making no more than 65 cents in her first week but she pushed through and stuck with that factory job for two years (www.patheos.com).
In Dr. Byrne’s article, “Roman Catholics and the American Mainstream in the Twentieth Century”, she identifies two transitional time periods in American history that have refashioned Catholicism. Dr. Byrne’s article focuses on the immigration of Catholics to America between 1840 and 1920. In Dr. Byrne’s article, she analyzes the immigration of Catholics during these centuries and concludes that each surge of immigration has contributed to the modernization of Catholicism. Dr. Byrne furthers her analysis by examining the paramount challenges that Catholic immigrants subsisted as they transitioned to the New World. Dr. Byrne feels the challenges that Catholic immigrants encountered in America during the 19th century were due to “demographic” confrontations. Dr. Byrne also believes the 20th century Catholic immigrants largely suffered ...
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Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was born in Brooklyn, New York, November 8, 1897. After surviving the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the Day family moved into a house in Chicago. It was a big step down in the world because John Day was out of work. Day's understanding of the shame people feel when they fail in their efforts dated from this time.