This edition of The Long Loneliness begins with an eloquent introduction by Robert Coles, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and longtime friend, admirer, and biographer of Dorothy Day. Unstinting in her commitment to peace, nonviolence, racial justice, and the cuase of the poor and the outcast, she became an inspiration to such activists as Thomas Merton, Michael Harrinton, Daniel Berrigan, Ceasr Chavez, and countless others. The Long Loneliness chronilces Dorothy Day’s lifelong association with Peter Maurin and the genesis of the Catholic Worker Movement. founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and leader for more than fifty years in numerous battles of social justice.” Here, in her own words, this remarkable woman tells of her early life as a young journalist in the crucible of Greenwich Village political and literary thought in the 1920s, and of her momentous conversion to Catholicism that meant the end of a Bohemian lifestyle and common-law marriage. When Dorothy Day died in 1980, the New York Times eulogized her as “a nonviolent social radical of luminous personality.
If you are a person interested in a Summoned Life and asking, “What are my circumstances asking me to do? we would welcome you to explore joining our next study group and journeying in faith with us.The compelling autobiography of a remarkable Catholic woman, sainted by many, who championed the rights of the poor in America’s inner cities. “Galvanized determination to help create / transform homeless drop in center close to downtown Tampa.” – from Tom’s post study group survey response A co-founder of the Catholic Worker, Day was one of the great 20th century. In her autobiography, The Long Loneliness, she explains her life endeavors through. During a time our country faced immense inequality, violence and a social uprising, Dorothy Day was able to pursue these radical causes with her objective to transform society through her spirit and faith in God. “Transformed from skeptical to motivated ……” – Tom Henry, one of twelve participants in the first Dorothy Day study group. The scarce first edition of Dorothy Days most famous work. Summary Of Dorothy Days The Long Loneliness. Join us at Dorothy Day Tampa for our fifth ten-person, six-week virtual study of The Long Loneliness (book provided), as we introduce/reintroduce Dorothy Day and explore her model of radical hospitality for Tampa.Īs an outcome of our first study group (1/6 – ), we assembled a four-member development team to begin a two-year ministry building process to create a fully functional D Day Tampa.
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