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"I assume that all readers of THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS know something about the activities of the Catholic Worker movement, even if they have never read its newspaper or visited one of its hostels or communal farms. So, since the philosophical outlook that inspired it was Peter Maurin's Christian 'Personalism,' most of what I have to say will ( Read more... )

Dorothy would welcome anarchy as long as she  got to be the Archanarchist. (Paraphrase of a comment made about Dorothy Day by a friend, probably not entirely in jest.)

( Anarchists are often asked: What would you do about the bad guys, those who can't go along go along with any program, the )

Precarity is a condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare. Specifically, it is applied to the condition of intermittent or underemployment and the resultant precarious existence. The social class defined by this condition has been termed the precariat.

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Immersed in the wonder of the Tao,
you can deal with whatever life brings you,
and when death comes you are ready.

I AM NOT READY TO DIE!

At l00 hours Friday morning, the moment my head his the pillow, my nose started to bleed.  A few minutes later  Dianne asked if there was anything wrong.  I said, yes i have a bloody nose.  I could tell right away ( Read more... )

Every two or three months, i receive a copy of The Catholic Worker, a radical, anarchist "newspaper" started in 1935 by Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day.  It is devoted to the activities of the community and obituaries are commonly a prominent feature; but there is rarely an issue that does not lift my spirits and allow me to feel that i am not alone ( Read more... )

Dorothy spoke. She talked about our unity in God, and of our obligations to each other in Him. She talked about poverty and the Catholic Worker and Blessed Martin House. She made an appeal for us, for volunteers and other help. She talked about theobligations of the rich, and quoted in that regard some strong words of Our Lord, beginning: 'Woe unto ( Read more... )