Catholicism and Labor

Question 1

Dorothy Day

Answer 1

1897-1980
NY, San Fran, Chicago
Father= anti- Catholic
Influenced by Upton Sinclair, personal experience, exploration
University of IL
NY city, The Call- Socialist newspaper
Increasing interest in Catholicism
Relationship w/ Foster- an anarchist
eventual converts to catholicism in 1927

Question 2

Catholic Worker Movement

Answer 2

1933- present
Began w/ Peter Maurin
Fast- growing newspaper
Communities
Affected by pacifist views during WW2

Question 3

Corporal Works of Mercy

Answer 3

To feed the hungry
to give drink to the thirsty
to clothe the naked
to harbour the harbourless
to visit the sick
to ransom the captive
to bury the dead

Question 4

Spiritual of mercy

Answer 4

to instruct the ignorant
to counsel the doubtful
to admonish sinners
to bear wrongs patiently
to forgive offenses willingly
to comfort the afflicted
to pray for the living/ dead