The Dorothy Day Guild is proud to co-sponsor a day-long conference "Revolution of the Heart: The Spirituality of Dorothy Day." The conference will feature Guild advisory committee members Martha Hennessy and Robert Ellsberg as guest speakers and is co-sponsored by our friends at Manhattan College. Although the conference is primarily geared toward college students (and there is a special student registration rate of only $20.00 for the day, which includes lunch!), all are welcome to come and explore questions such as “How does Dorothy’s radical spirituality – grounded in volunteer poverty, non-violence, eucharistic devotion, and activism – speak to people of this day and age?” and “How might Dorothy be a wisdom figure in the contemporary world which is often deemed as secular, materialistic, and techno-centered?” 

Manhattan College’s O’Malley Library Gallery will host Kristi Pfister’s “Radical Action: Tracing Dorothy Day” from September 18th through December 16th. “Radical Action”  is an installation of suspended fabric columns, marble mosaics, and mixed media work that explores the duality of Day's radical actions and her spiritual self. The mosaic's concrete strength contrasts with translucent columns on which Pfister has traced patterned fragments of drawings. A large-scale painted scroll presents Day as a modern-day caryatid leading a procession of activism.

You can come experience the exhibit at the O’Malley library gallery (4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Bronx, NY) daily this fall between 10 am and 6 pm. Please be especially sure to join us for a reception and artist talk on Thursday October 26th from 5-7pm. Pfister will deliver some brief remarks right at five. We hope to see you there!