How Did Dorothy Day Contribute To Religion

Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884, in New York in a wealthy and socially prominent family. Eleanor’s parents died when she was very young. She was shy and unhappy child. Eleanor went to school in England. She married Franklin D. Roosevelt and became his helpmate in his political career, but also she developed her own political career. The daughter of wealthy parents and the niece of President

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton roll in the Catholic Church was a sister. She became a sister after her husband died. When she was a sister she created Sisters of Charity. Sisters of Charity is for girls to help serve the poor. She created the Sisters of Charity in 1858 in Maryland. She also created an all girls Catholic school. She created the first American Catholic school, St. Joseph Academy. ¨Afterward a group of buildings, embracing a residence for the Sisters, a novitiate, a boarding-school for young girls, a school for poor children, and an orphan asylum, was erected (http://www.elizabethannseton.org ).¨ She created many things that helped people. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton did not have any miracles. Although she did many great things, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was the patron saint of dead children and parents, people who work on the ocean, and widows. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was crucial in the Catholic Church because of her decision to go into the church and what she contributed and how she helped the poor and how she relates to life

Dorothy Vaughan, Born September 20, 1910 in Kansas city. At age two her mother passed away, her father did remarry, her stepmother became a big force with her education she taught her how to read before she went to school. Dorothy was able to go up two grades at age eight. She graduated from Beechurst High school in 1925 at age nineteen, four years later she received a bachelor science degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio as a B,A. She became a math teacher got married and had six children, Leonard , Maida, Ann, Kenneth, Michael and Donald. Mrs.Vaughan set her sights to graduate at Howard University because she felt like she had responsibility for her family. Dorothy was hired by NASA December 1943 during World War 2. She was assigned

     Zora Neale Hurston was born January 7, 1891 in Eatonville, Florida, the fifth of eight children to Reverend John Hurston and Lucy Potts Hurston. Zora was extraordinary person. When her mother

Gwendolyn Brooks was born on 7 June 1917 to Keziah Wims and David Anderson Brooks . Her mother was a teacher and her father was a janitor who had dreams

To be influenced by a person is greater than making decisions solely alone. Dr. Dorothy Height strikes an important role in the social work field, lives of Americans, and especially areas in need of a balance of equal social standing with the rest of the nation. Dr. Height has worked with many influential persons throughout her life. She has bettered and progressed the lives of hundreds of thousands. Dr. Height was an African-American woman, born in Virginia in 1912, who help end much of the nation’s chaos with her love for a better social setting.

She was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. Her parents names were Charlie and Dorothy jemison. Charlie was a roofer, carpenter, and maintenance supervisor. Dorothy was an elementary school teacher. Mae was the youngest of three children. Her oldest sibling Charles was a real estate agent and Ada, the middle sibling, was a child psychiatrist. All in all they were a very successful family.

     Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 to Elliot and Anna Hall Roosevelt. Her mother was very beautiful and thought of Eleanor

     Almost immediately after her death in 1980 controversy arose about whether Dorothy Day should be canonized a Saint by the Church. Now that the Vatican has approved the late Cardinal John O'Connor's request to consider Dorothy Day's "cause," the controversy is being rekindled. After converting, she dedicated her life to New York's poor and immigrants, building hospitality homes that operated much like homeless shelters. Her endeavor grew into the national Catholic Worker movement, a social justice crusade conducted in revolutionary tones new to the church.

From reading the works of Day, I argue that people congregated to the Catholic Church seeking a community. Part I of Loaves and Fishes by Dorothy Day, starts with Day addressing that she is currently experiencing the third year of the depression. I believe that people living in America turned to Catholicism in time of the depression. The Catholic Church in America supported the working class, along with the poor. I feel that Catholicism saw a rise its numbers in America because of the support that the Catholic Church offered to those who were suffering during rough conditions. I imagine that the poor can relate to Catholicism, because of

The Catholic Worker Movement worked on problems dealing with social justice. Day once said, “We believe that Christ went beyond natural ethics and the Old Dispensation in this matter of force and war and taught nonviolence as a way of life” (Celebrating).” From reading quotes from her like this one you understand that the reason she participated in civil disobedience was because of her religion. She went by what was right in God’s eyes not what was right legally, she explained this when she quoted St. Peter (Acts 5:29) “It is better to obey God than men”

November 20th, 1980 Dorothy passed away in the evening, after suffering from a failing hart. Dorothy left behind a great legacy. She touched the lives of so many, and will never be forgotten. In Dorothy’s last few years, she didn’t slow down. Dorothy suffered a long time from a bad hart in her elder years, but didn’t let that stop her. She was arrested again for protesting when she was in her late 70’s. Dorothy gave her final speech in August of 1976, just a few years before her passing. Throughout Dorothy’s life she loved to read the bible, Psalms, the Gospels, and the Sermon on the Mount, where what she lived her life for, and what she based her beliefs on. She lived her life like the Apostle Paul, and did so by always praying. Dorothy’s expressed a few times that her favorite bible chapter was Psalm. The bible verse known to be one of her favorites, “Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all my being, bless God's holy name" (Psalm 103:1.). The verse is calling for the soul to bless God, and the whole body because just saying it was

Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884, in New York City. She was raised by both of her parents until her father, Elliott Roosevelt, entered a

In Calcutta, and around the world, Mother Teresa aided poor, dying and sick through her love for everyone, and the vow of poverty as her influence. A nun, though the vow of poverty, is to imitate Jesus in his helping of those that were poor and suffering. Though Mother Teresa was poor herself, she tried, and

Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland, Maine on February 2, 1892. She was the first daughter of three girls; her parents, Cora Buzzelle Millay and Henry Tolman Millay. Millay's parents divorced in 1900 and her mother