Delighted that Pope Francis referred to Dorothy Day yesterday in his speech before Congress. She along with Peter Maurin began the Catholic Worker Movement. Manna House serves in the tradition of the Catholic Worker, engaging in the works of mercy and work for justice and peace.
Excerpts from Pope Francis before Congress:
"In these times when social concerns are so important, I cannot fail to mention the Servant of God Dorothy Day, who founded the Catholic Worker Movement. Her social activism, her passion for justice and for the cause of the oppressed, were inspired by the Gospel, her faith, and the example of the saints."
"A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did, when it fosters a culture which enables people to dream of full rights for all their brothers and sisters as Martin Luther King sought to do, when it strives for justice and the cause of the oppressed as Dorothy Day did by her tireless work, the fruit of a faith which becomes dialogue and sows peace in the contemplative style of Thomas Merton."
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