Don’t worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.
Dorothy Day Quotes
When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.
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Birth: | 8th November, 1897 |
Death: | 29th November, 1980 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist, Journalist, Writer |
Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn, New York. She was an American journalist, social activist, and writer. She became famous after her conversion. This conversion is described in her autobiography, The Long Loneliness. Day's social activism is also described in her autobiography. In 1917 she was imprisoned as a member of suffragist Alice Paul's nonviolent Silent Sentinels. She was also an active journalist, and described her social activism in her writings. As part of the Catholic Worker Movement, Day co-founded the Catholic Worker newspaper in 1931, and served as its editor from 1933 until her death in 1980.
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