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This engaging introduction to Dorothy Day will show you how one person can accomplish big things.

This colorful book introduces you to the world of Dorothy Day, one of the most amazing people of the twentieth century. You will be inspired as you learn about Day’s life—from her efforts to further peace and equality as a young woman to her work helping the hungry and homeless with food, shelter, and unconditional love—and her belief that we all have the power to make the world a better place.

Through enjoyable biography, activities inspired by Dorothy Day’s values and beliefs, and Day’s own words, Dorothy Day: A Catholic Life of Action will show you how to stand up for your beliefs and lead a life that inspires those around you to do the same.

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Religion

Christianisme

Religious

Juvenile Nonfiction

Philosophie et théologie

Biography

Catholicism

Dorothy Day

Autobiography

Christian

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	21 janvier 2013
Nombre de lectures	2
EAN13	9781594735066
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Who Was Dorothy Day?

D orothy Day began her lifelong work of helping hungry and homeless people when she was a young newspaper reporter in New York City. In 1933, during the Great Depression, she and her friend Peter Maurin started a newspaper called the Catholic Worker so they could tell the world that people needed food for the body and also food for the soul. Dorothy lived out her beliefs in very practical ways; she didn t just talk about what good things should be done-she did them. She set up houses and farms where people in need could find work, food, friends, and community. She worked in soup kitchens, and she prayed every day. She tried to see God in the face of each person she met.
When you learn about Dorothy Day s life, you will see what makes her amazing. Through the Catholic Worker movement and the way that she lived her life, Dorothy taught people that we show our love for God by loving and helping our fellow human beings.

Dorothy hard at work at her typewriter.
Dorothy s Good Work
D orothy Day believed that we all can do good work in the world by helping other people.
We begin with ourselves and give what we have, and the movement spreads, she said.
She understood about sharing and giving because she lived a long time on the Lower East Side of New York City, where people were poor but were known for their hospitality. Dorothy remembered someone saying, There is always enough for one more. Everyone just takes a little less.
Standing Up for Her Beliefs
D orothy Day grew up in a family where money was hard to come by. Often the children ate only bread and jelly and bananas for supper. As a young woman, Dorothy became a reporter and wrote stories about the poor people she met in New York. Besides trying to convince rich people to share their wealth with those who had nothing, Dorothy also protested against the war raging around the world. Dorothy was a pacifist, a believer in peace and solving conflicts without violence; she never changed her opinion about this over the rest of her long life.

Dorothy, left , at an antiwar protest in 1916, before America entered World War I.
When she was only twenty, in 1917, Dorothy went to jail for the first time-not for committing a crime, but for marching outside the White House with other women demanding the right to vote. Like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day was not afraid to stand up for her beliefs.