In this public lecture, Patrick Jordan provides insight into the
life of Dorothy Day, a complex and controversial Catholic New
Yorker. Dorothy Day (1897-1980) has been described as “the most
significant, interesting and influential person in the history of
American Catholicism.” Day, an American journalist turned social
activist baptized at Our Lady Help of Christians in Staten Island,
was known for her social justice campaigns in defense of the poor,
forsaken, hungry and homeless. She founded the Catholic Worker
Movement in 1933, espousing nonviolence and hospitality for the
impoverished and downtrodden.
Date
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time
7:00 p.m.
Location
Campus Center, Upper Level, Staten Island Campus
Speaker
Patrick Jordan
Patrick Jordan is the managing editor of Commonweal and
former managing editor of the Catholic Worker and Editor
of Dorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal
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