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Dorothy Day -- 'a saint for our times'

  • Written by Sandra Yocum, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton
Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, back to camera, speaks with black and white southerners about the problems of segregation during a radio show.AP Photo/H.B. Littell

Dorothy Day died 38 years ago. Her life followed an unorthodox path – moving from rejecting religion in favor of activism to embracing Catholicism and...

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