Post Tagged 'Dorothy Day'

May 14, 2026

Why Postliberalism Failed

(This essay is one of two forewords to James M. Patterson and Thomas D. Howes’s forthcoming Why Postliberalism Failed, published by the Acton Institute. Preorder here.) In the fall of 2017, I was invited to attend the Ramsey Colloquium in Washington, a gathering convened by R.R. Continue Reading...

March 20, 2014

Dorothy Day: A Saint For Our Times?

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly featured the following video on Dorothy Day. Her cause for canonization in the Catholic Church has been championed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who says Day’s life represents so much of the struggle of our times. Continue Reading...

November 13, 2012

Dorothy Day and the US Bishops’ Conference 2012

I will not indulge in any sort of “what would Dorothy Day do” when it comes to thinking about the current US Catholic Bishops’ Conference taking place in Baltimore. However, it is interesting to ponder this woman who exemplifies so much of 20th century Catholicism and the bishops’ agenda, especially as the bishops discuss cause for her canonization, while on the same day failing to pass a pastoral message on economics. Continue Reading...