{"product_id":"dorothy-day-writings-from-commonweal-paperback","title":"Dorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Jordan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy Day has been described as the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism.\" Outside \u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Worker\u003c\/i\u003e (which she edited from 1933 to her death), Day wrote for no other publication so often and over such an extended period - covering six decades - as the independent Catholic journal of opinion, \u003ci\u003eCommonweal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGathered here for the first time are Day's complete Commonweal pieces, including articles, reviews, and published letters-to-the-editor. They range from the personal to the polemical; from youthful enthusiasm to the gratitude of an aged warrior; sketches from works in progress; portraits of prisoners and dissidents; and a gifted reporter's dispatches from the flash points of mid-twentieth-century social and economic conflict. Day's writing offers readers not only an overview of her fascinating life but a compendium of her prophetic insights, spiritual depth, and unforgettable prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters are *The Brother and the Rooster, - *Guadalupe, - *Letter From Mexico City, - *Spring Festival in Mexico, - *Bed, - *Now We Are Home Again, - *Notes From Florida, - *East Twelfth Street, - *Review: \u003ci\u003eSaint Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth von Schmidt-Pali, - *Real Revolutionists, - *Review: \u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas Walsh, - *For the Truly Poor, - *Saint John of the Cross, - *Houses of Hospitality, - *The House on Mott Street, - *Tale of Two Capitals, - *Letter: 'In the Name of the Staff, '- *King, Ramsey and Connor, - *It Was a Good Dinner, - *About Mary, - *Tobacco Road, - *Review: In the Steps of Moses by Louis Golding, - *Review: \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of the Birds\u003c\/i\u003e by Louis J.A. Mercier, - *Peter and Women, - *Letter: 'Things Worth Fighting For?'- *The Scandal of the Works of Mercy, - *Traveling by Bus, - *Letter: 'Blood, Sweat and Tears, '- *The Story of Steve Hergenhan, - *Priest of the Immediate, - *We Plead Guilty, - *Letter: 'From Dorothy Day, '- *Pilgrimage to Mexico, - *In Memory of Ed Willock, - *Southern Pilgrimage, - *A.J., - *On Hope, - and *A Reminiscence at 75. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Jordan (1944 - 2025) served as the former managing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Worker\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife Kathleen were associated with Dorothy Day from 1968 until her death in 1980. From 1984 to 2012, Jordan was an editor at \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHold Nothing Back: Writings by Dorothy Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDorothy Day: Love in Action\u003c\/i\u003e; and served as editor of \u003ci\u003eDorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOnly Wonder Comprehends: John Garvey in Commonweal\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Liturgical Press. He served on the advisory board of the Dorothy Day Guild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327957340397,"sku":"9780814628751","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/E-QYTY-qxC9780814628751.webp?v=1784886050","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/dorothy-day-writings-from-commonweal-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}