The Catholic Worker is a monthly newspaper published by the Catholic Worker Movement community in New York City. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. The Catholic Worker Movement is a Catholic organization founded by the " Servant of God " Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933 The City of New York The newspaper was started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin to make people aware of church teaching on social justice. Dorothy Day ( November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American Journalist turned anarchist, social activist Peter Maurin ( May 9, 1877 – May 15, 1949 born in Oultet, France) was a Catholic activist who co-founded Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than Day said the word "Worker" in the paper's title referred to "those who worked with hand or brain, those who did physical, mental, or spiritual work. But we thought primarily of the poor, the dispossessed, the exploited. " When Communism was rather popular in the United States during the Great Depression, Day and Maurin wanted to teach what seemed a well kept secret; the very progressive teaching of the church, so that the poor, mostly Catholic, would turn to their own tradition for the solution. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based
It first appeared on May Day, 1933 in an edition of 2,500 copies, to make people aware of the social justice teaching of the Catholic Church as an alternative to Communism during the depression. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Circulation rapidly rose to 25,000 within a few months, and reached 150,000 by 1936. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1
Day was the editor of The Catholic Worker until her death in 1980. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The price per issue has always been one cent. In many national currencies, the cent is a monetary unit that equals 1/100 of the basic monetary unit Writers for the paper have ranged from young volunteers to such notable figures as Ammon Hennacy, Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan and Jacques Maritain. Ammon Hennacy ( July 24 1893 – January 14 1970) was an American pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian Thomas Merton ( 31 January 1915 – 10 December 1968) was one of the most influential Catholic writers of the 20th century Daniel Berrigan, SJ (born May 9, 1921) is a poet American Peace activist, and Roman Catholic Priest. Jacques Maritain ( November 18, 1882 &ndash April 28, 1973) was a French Catholic Philosopher. Ade Bethune and Fritz Eichenberg have frequently contributed illustrations. Ade Bethune was a Catholic liturgical artist She was associated with the Catholic Worker Movement, and designed an early masthead of its publication the Fritz Eichenberg ( October 24, 1901 &ndash November 30, 1990) was a German - American Illustrator who worked
The Catholic Worker lost thousands of subscribers because of its strict pacifist stance and refusal to join in the call for U. S. involvement in World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
References
1) Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of Dorothy Day (Curtis Booksp. 207; orig. published by Harper & Row, 1952).
External links
- The Catholic Worker Movement
- May 1, 1933 Daily Bleed Calendar
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