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Catholic Worker Resources: Books on the Catholic Worker This is a not-at-all comprehensive list of some books, movies and posters related to the Catholic Worker. Our list includes: 1. Books on the Catholic Worker 5. Films, Audio, Posters and Icons Please see the Catholic Worker Bookstore to purchase many of these books (some of them are out of print!) |
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Check out the bibliography on this Catholic Worker website for a more comprehensive list of books. |
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Karen House: 1840 Hogan St. St. Louis, MO 63106 314.621.4052 |
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Books on the Catholic Worker Movement |
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Dorothy Day's Selected Writings One of the best collections of Dorothy's writings- great both as a primer, and for folks familiar with the Catholic Worker. |
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The Catholic Worker after Dorothy: Practicing the Works of Mercy in a New Generation Dan McKanan 2008 The Movement did not dissolve after Dorothy Day's passing in 1980 and Dan McKanan explains why, exploring the dynamics of CW communities today. |
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The Catholic Worker Movement: Intellectual And Spiritual Origins Mark and Louise Zwick 2005 Explores the philosophical influences on the Catholic Worker movement, written by the co-founders of the Houston CW. |
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Loaves and Fishes The story of the Catholic Worker, with wonderful tales of daily life in a house of hospitality, with introductions by Thomas Merton and Robert Coles.
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A Harsh and Dreadful Love: Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement A scholarly history of the Catholic Worker Movement, capturing the philosophy Dorothy Day brought to bear. |
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From Union Square to Rome Available for online reading at this site. An autobiography written as a letter to her brother John. It tells of her conversion from Communism to Catholicism, Dostoyevsky, Eucharist, prayer, Marxism, capitalism, free will and St. Teresa of Avila |
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Dorothy Day 1948 These diary entries written by Dorothy Day in 1948 are an intimate glimpse into Day's personal life and background for understanding the Catholic Worker movement as a whole. |
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Voices from the Catholic Worker Movement |
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Revolution of the Heart A comprehensive book of essays about the contemporary Catholic Worker movement, including a history of the first St. Louis Catholic Worker community in the 1930s. (Edited by a former member of the St. Louis Catholic Worker!) |
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A Year at the Catholic Worker Reflection on a youthful exploration of life at the Worker. A non-Christian shares his appreciation of the Catholic Worker movement and its important spiritual questions for our society. |
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Dorothy Day & the Catholic Worker Movement: Centenary Essays Insightful collection of essays from a broad array of Catholic Worker movement voices. |
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Breaking Bread: The Catholic Worker and the Origin of Catholic Radicalism in America Mel Piehl 1982 A scholarly analysis of the first decades of Catholic Worker history. |
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Confessions of a Catholic Worker Michael O. Garvey 1997 Short memoir of Garvey’s time working in an Iowa Catholic Worker House- a reflective, often humorous series of vignettes. |