Book Club -- July 2015 -- Social Activist Dorothy Day
hosted by the Center for Sacred Sciences Library
When: Thursday, July 2, 2015
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Where: 5440 Saratoga Street, Eugene, OR 97405, USA
Description: The two main selections are:
Love is the Measure: A Biography of Dorothy Day, Founder of The Catholic Worker by Jim Forest
Availability: One copy in the CSS library, one at Eugene Public Library, and no Kindle
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The Long Loneliness, by Dorothy Day
Availability: One copy in the CSS library, one at Eugene Public Library, no Kindle
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Feel free to read something else related and bring it with you to discuss and share with others. New members welcome.
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Related films: Don't Call Me A Saint - film trailer
The first in-depth documentary about Dorothy Day. This thoughtful labor of love was written, directed, and produced by Claudia Larson and premiered at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival.
"Dorothy Day: Don’t Call Me A Saint
tells the story of the New York writer and Catholic anarchist
who at the height of the Depression unwittingly created what would
become a worldwide peace and social justice movement. The Catholic
Worker persists to this day in over 200 houses of hospitality
and soup kitchens across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia,
Canada, Mexico and Africa. Their tenet is based on doing works of mercy
and living in voluntary poverty with no attachments
to Church or State."
Entertaining Angels - film trailer
Biography of the life of Dorothy Day (Kelly). The title refers to the religious practice of treating all people, no matter how poor or humble, as if they were visiting angels. Day was a famous activist and philanthropist of the 20's and 30's. The film traces her growth - mostly spiritual and religious - as she left journalism to become a suffragette in Greenwich Village. Eventually, Day converted to Roman Catholicism and dedicated the rest of her life to helping the poor.