Catholic Worker Movement

Catholic Worker Movement
   This term refers to the series of communities founded by Dorothy Day (1897-1980) and Peter Maurin (1877-1949); the members of the Catholic Worker Movement are committed to a life of prayer, nonviolence, voluntarypoverty, and hospitality for the hungry and homeless.

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