Introduction
Dorothy day was born on the 8th of November 1897 in New York City to her parent John and Grace Day. Throughout her life, starting at a young age, had to face a number of difficulties, these included: leaving her life in New York to move to Chicago, having to face a period of poverty after her family lost their home and their income to an earthquake, getting arrested and going on hunger strikes in a protest, and even having failed relationships and an abortion. During these hard difficulties which she was forced to overcome came great success as she was awarded a scholarship at the University of Illinois at the age of 16, Dorothy also was a co-founder to the catholic worker newspaper and started the catholic worker movement. This report discusses what makes Dorothy day a significate person, her main life events and what role did religion play in her life.
Dorothy Day’s life
At the age …show more content…
This then gave her the final urge to change the ways for the future by decreasing the amount of people entering the state of poverty and keeping them with in a paying job to support their family. Even though many people see Dorothy as a saint, there are many that believe she isn’t. This is due to her younger years, where she had an abortion and her failed marriages. In this sense people say that that she wasn’t demonstrating the ways of the Catholic Church. Even though these beliefs exist many believe that she should be considered “A saint of our time” (Cardinal Dolan, 2012), a saint that can overcome personal difficulties and go beyond to help others have a better life. The Vatican opened the canonization process for Dorothy Day in 2000, naming her a “servant of God” the long road to canonization requires many years and several stages. This is just the beginning of Dorothy Day becoming a
Dorothy day was born on the 8th of November 1897 in New York City to her parent John and Grace Day. Throughout her life, starting at a young age, had to face a number of difficulties, these included: leaving her life in New York to move to Chicago, having to face a period of poverty after her family lost their home and their income to an earthquake, getting arrested and going on hunger strikes in a protest, and even having failed relationships and an abortion. During these hard difficulties which she was forced to overcome came great success as she was awarded a scholarship at the University of Illinois at the age of 16, Dorothy also was a co-founder to the catholic worker newspaper and started the catholic worker movement. This report discusses what makes Dorothy day a significate person, her main life events and what role did religion play in her life.
Dorothy Day’s life
At the age …show more content…
This then gave her the final urge to change the ways for the future by decreasing the amount of people entering the state of poverty and keeping them with in a paying job to support their family. Even though many people see Dorothy as a saint, there are many that believe she isn’t. This is due to her younger years, where she had an abortion and her failed marriages. In this sense people say that that she wasn’t demonstrating the ways of the Catholic Church. Even though these beliefs exist many believe that she should be considered “A saint of our time” (Cardinal Dolan, 2012), a saint that can overcome personal difficulties and go beyond to help others have a better life. The Vatican opened the canonization process for Dorothy Day in 2000, naming her a “servant of God” the long road to canonization requires many years and several stages. This is just the beginning of Dorothy Day becoming a