A Quintessential Question from Dorothy Day, Founder of Catholic Worker

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"Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our bibles!"

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1. I love it!

This kind of quote makes me proud to be a Catholic!

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2. Me, too! And proud to be human and

part of the worldwide spiritual connection, which isn't by any means only Catholic or even only Christian, as I know you know.

But, yes, first, a bit of joyful pride that we get to claim Dorothy Day, a convert to the Roman Catholic faith. Hooray for the home team! :D

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3. I didn't know much about Dorothy Day

Except that she founded the Catholic Worker movement. I didn't know that she was a convert.

My husband the agnostic knows of the Catholic Worker movement, thinks it's a fine organization. I repeated the quote to him yesterday and he liked it -- and thought it very true.

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6. i don't know a lot myself, but i will look up and post a link

to a catholic worker site i think is cool. you know that catholic worker communities are autonomous though connected so others would be different but the man from this particular c w house has all sorts of great stuff on his site, great links, etc.

my bookmarks are a mess so i'll have to do some scrounging around to find it. :blush:

i do know that martin sheen is a devout catholic and a big admirer of dorothy day; worked to get a film about her and the movement made. i have seen part of it, it occasionally shows on cable. i don't remember if martin was in the film or directed it or supported it financially, perhaps all three.

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4. I've always admired DD

Great quote.

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5. So have I and speaking of "DD" reminds me of Dizzy Dean.

I have a funny story about what happened during my lunch on a train in Texas with the great Dizzy Dean. I was 10 years old. Dining car tables always, or usually, seated four and there were three of us kids so the parents sat with my twin brothers, who weren't even 4 yet, and I was usually seated with an elderly lady traveling alone. But this night, the waiter brought a tall, older man in Western-cut suit, boots, hat, to sit with me. Everyone stared at him, pointed, etc.

He wore a bolo tie with one of those Western-style tie clips that read "DD." I wore a navy blue wool suit: a middy top with a red and white striped dickey at the vee neck and a pleated skirt, and black and white saddle oxfords; my hair in braids, navy bows on the ends of them. I was studying the menu, although I knew I'd have the usual: a hamburger with mustard, French fried with catsup, maybe salad, maybe slaw. He said hello to me and. . .

Next installment later! (Building suspense you know.) :7

(In case you don't know Dizzy was a famous baseball player, retired from the game when I met him but then a sports broadcaster on radio and tv. His brother, Daffy Dean, was also a ball player, I think, and/or a sportscaster, maybe a manager. I'm not a baseball fan and it was all before my time or when I was a kid. Dizzy and Daffy -- no idea what their real first names were -- were from TyTy, GA.)