Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker: The Miracle of Our Continuance

by Kate Hennessy

Book Overview

Compelling and prophetic, Dorothy Day is one of the most enduring icons of American Catholicism. In the depths of the Great Depression and guided by the Works of Mercy, Day, a journalist at the time, published a newspaper, the Catholic Worker, and co-founded a movement dedicated to the poorest of the poor, while living with them and sharing their poverty.

In 1955, Vivian Cherry, a documentary photographer known for her disturbing and insightful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823271366
• ISBN13: 9780823271368
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 11.2"