Dorothy Day Foundation exists to support the work of Catholic Worker Communities worldwide.
OUR MISSION
servant of god Dorothy day
An American journalist and activist, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, advocate for social justice, pacifism, and the rights of the poor and marginalized; Dorothy Day's spirit fosters nonviolence, personal responsibility of all people to the poorest ones among us, and fidelity to community and to God.
“the biggest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution that has to start with each of us.”
– Dorothy Day
"We must try hard, we must study to be poor like Lazarus at the gate… The Gospel doesn't tell us anything about Lazarus' virtues. He just sat there and let the dogs lick his sores. He would be classed by any social worker of today as a mental case. But again, poverty, and in this case destitution, like hospitality, is so esteemed by God, it is something to be sought after, worked for, the pearl of great price."
– Dorothy Day
The Catholic Worker, July-August 1953
“In these times when social concerns are so important, I cannot fail to mention the Servant of God Dorothy Day, who founded the Catholic Worker Movement. Her social activism, her passion for justice and for the cause of the oppressed, were inspired by the Gospel, her faith, and the example of the saints… A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did, when it fosters a culture which enables people to “dream” of full rights for all their brothers and sisters, as Martin Luther King sought to do, when it strives for justice and the cause of the oppressed, as Dorothy Day did by her tireless work...”
– Pope Francis
Address to U.S. Congress, 2015
“Few Christians in the twentieth century lived their lives as devoted to the common good as Dorothy Day. She served the poor, homeless, and hungry in New York City for decades. Her steadfast belief in the dignity of the poor as bearing the presence of Christ inspired her persistent action, manifest as both charity and justice.”
– Richard Rohr
OFM
