Catholic Worker after Dorothy Practicing the Works of Mercy in a New Generation

Name: Catholic Worker after Dorothy Practicing the Works of Mercy in a New Generation
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ISBN: 9780814631874

ISBN-10: 0814631878

ISBN-13: 9780814631874

Edition: 2008

Authors: Dan McKanan

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When Dorothy Day died in 1980, many people assumed that the movement she had founded would gradually fade away. But the current state of the Catholic Worker movement--more than two hundred active communities--reflects Day's fierce attention to the present moment and the local community. "These communities have prospered," according to Dan McKanan, "because Day and Maurin provided them with a blueprint that emphasized creativity more than rigid adherence to a single model." Day wanted Catholic Worker communities to be free to shape their identities around the local needs and distinct vocations of their members. Open to single people and families, in urban and rural areas, the Catholic Worker…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 3/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.27" long x 0.19" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Introduction: Still Going On	p. 1
Four Generations of Catholic Workers
The Founders	p. 33
On Pilgrimage	p. 54
The Flowering of the Sixties	p. 71
After Dorothy	p. 97
Rules, Families, and the Church
Aims and Means	p. 127
Inventing the Catholic Worker Family	p. 146
Wrestling with the Church	p. 181
Conclusion: The Future of the Works of Mercy	p. 214
Acknowledgments	p. 224
Index	p. 226
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