Thirty years ago on Nov. 29, 1980, Dorothy Day – the famous 20th century convert known for
her tireless work in defending the poor – passed away at the age of 84.Born in Brooklyn and eventually raised in Chicago, she was baptized Episcopalian at the age of 12. She displayed signs at a young age of possessing a deep religious sense. As a young girl, Day fasted and mortified her body by sleeping on hardwood floors. One journal entry from those early years expresses her desire to suffer for the sins of the world.
Her legacy lives on today in the 185 Catholic Worker communities in the U.S. and around the globe. One of these is the Peter Maurin Center which our parish serves. In 2000, 20 years after her death, then-leader of the Archdiocese of New York, Cardinal John O'Connor, submitted Day's cause for canonization to the Vatican. With this approval, she was given the title of Servant of God, which is bestowed on a candidate for sainthood whose cause is still under investigation, prior to beatification.
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