A Penny a Copy: Readings from the Catholic Worker

by Robert Ellsberg

Drawing on writings from The Catholic Worker, this book provides a chronicle of this unique movement, its founding and growth, and its courageous grappling with such issues as poverty, homelessness,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570750122
• ISBN13: 9781570750120
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Life Changing Experience

Born in 1951, I was a child of the JFK generation. The Peace Corps, the growing Asian war, the idealism of a few good politicians, protests in the streets greatly influenced my upbringing. All of this was a jumble until I met Dorothy Day and then read A PENNY A COPY. My encounter with Miss Day was very brief, but I do remember the intensity of her eyes. And that intensity flowed into her writings from the Catholic Worker which are contained in this book. The desire to be Christian was burned into every page. Because of this book, my great heros became and still are Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day. In great part I became a Catholic Priest because of A Penny A Copy. Voluntary poverty, Community, and communicating the Good News is what I have sought now throughout my life. Since reading the original, I haven't missed an Issue of the Catholic Worker, which still sells for A Penny a Copy. I am buying an extra copy of the book to give to a friend.