The September 3rd issue of the Catholic Herald had an article of interest to all who have a special passion for social justice and preferential option for the poor. Several young people who are members of the Catholic Worker Movement are now living in Honolulu and plan ning to establish a Catholic Worker Community in our Diocese. They have begun a Catholic Worker newspa per for the island of Oahu. Ultimately, it is their hope to open a Catholic Worker Home of Hospitality for the homeless.
The Catholic Worker Movement was begun by Doro thy Day in New York. There are now 185 Catholic Worker Homes in the world. The cause for her canoni zation was opened at the request of Cardinal John O’Connor of New York City and was continued by Car dinal Egan until his recent retirement. Dorothy has been given the title Servant of God. During her lifetime, many people called Dorothy the “Saint of the poor.” She insisted that she never wanted money spent on can onization because it was all money that should go directly to caring for the poor and homeless.
Dorothy Day
"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?"
This section is devoted to the writings and life of Dorothy Day who co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement with Peter Maurin in 1933.
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