Essays Tagged: "Peter Maurin"

Dorothy Day's "The Long Loneliness" - and her issues with soup kitchens and simple christian life.

own mind does lead to salvation.A very important figure in Day's spiritual journey was a man names Peter Maurin. Maurin's role in Day's life was actual her partner and sometimes advisor in the Cathol ... sness and charity as the truest path to holiness.Out of many other influences, another would be St. Peter and William Lloyd Garrison. A quote relating she to these other two men goes as follows:"As a ...

(3 pages) 76 1 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Dorothy day

en so many abuses? In response to such questions, Day, with the help of a former Christian brother, Peter Maurin, started "The Catholic Worker". This radical newsletter was "made to publicize Catholic ...

(3 pages) 12 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Los Angeles Catholic Worker and how it contributes to the Works of Mercy, the Works of Peace and the Spiritual Works of Mercy by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin

The Catholic Worker movement is composed of several Catholic communities founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. The Catholic Worker aims to live its li ... s Angeles Catholic Worker. The LACW embodies several important characteristics that Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin personified: social activism, anarchism, pacifism, and service along with the tenets of ...

(9 pages) 1790 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity