Articles about Dorothy Day

PDF Resources

• Pope Francis' Speech to US Congress - Pope Francis highlights Dorothy Day as a key American figure working for peace and justice

Pope Francis' Speech to U.S. Congress - PDF Attached

• Still a Sign of Contradiction - Article by Michael Baxter: trying to make sense of the paradoxes of Dorothy Day

Still a Sign of Contradiction - PDF Attached

• Dorothy Day's Sainthood Cause Begins - John Cardinal O'Connor's Decree  and Summary of Day's life, opening canonization cause

Dorothy Day's Sainthood Cause Begins - PDF Attached

• A Saint to Transcend Partisan Politics - Article from Catholic World Report showing how she does not fit comfortably in American politics

A Saint to Transcend Partisan Politics - PDF Attached

• On Prayer and the Mass - Article containing selection of Day's most profound thoughts on the Mass

On Prayer and the Mass - PDF Attached

• Meeting between Dorothy Day and Mother Teresa - Similarities between Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day, and the "five finger Gospel"

Metting Between Dorothy Day and Mother Theresa - PDF Attached

Online Articles

• US Bishops Endorse Day's Cause for Sainthood - CNS news link on 2012 USCCB vote to press ahead on canonization cause