The Dorothy Day Guild was established in 2005, five years after Cardinal John O’Connor officially requested the opening of her cause, designating Msgr. Gregory Mustaciuolo as postulator. Its earliest members were present at the first exploratory meeting Cardinal O’Connor convened where they reflected together on Day’s sanctity and on the uniqueness of her legacy, laying the groundwork for his decision to petition Rome. The Advisory Committee currently consists of twenty five individuals, many of whom knew and worked with Day and all of whom have been profoundly influenced by her life and witness:

• Kevin Ahern, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College, former president of the International Movement of Catholic Students
• Alex Avitabile, author of first extensive bibliography of the writings by and about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker and a retired attorney whose practice focused primarily on affordable housing
• Elias Bahou, Director of Business Development for St. Peter’s Way Tours
• James Boyle, retired businessman, catalyst for annual Dorothy Day lecture at Manhattan College, his alma mater
• Carmina Chapp, Catholic theologian, educator, and founder with her husband, Larry, of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm in Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania
• Sr. Mary Donald Corcoran, O.S.B., a member of the Benedictine Community and Prioress of Transfiguration Monastery in Windsor, New York, who is a teacher, writer, and retreat leader
• Deirdre Cornell, author, former Maryknoll lay missioner, long active in migrant ministry
• Monica Cornell, a longtime practitioner of Catholic Worker hospitality, most currently at the Peter Maurin Farm in Marlboro, New York, with her husband, Tom
• Tom Cornell*, community member in New York City and co-editor of the Catholic Worker (CW) newspaper in the early 1960s and current member of the Peter Maurin Farm in Marlboro, New York
• Colleen Dulle, journalist and producer of podcast and videos at America magazine
• Robert Ellsberg, community member in New York City and CW editor in the late 1970s, author of several major books on Day and editor of her journals and correspondence who has written extensively on the lives of the saints
• Robert Gilliam, community member originally in the Midwest and later in New York City in the 1960s and frequent voice in the paper for the intellectual and spiritual roots of the movement’s pacifism
• Geoffrey B. Gneuhs*, former chaplain to the New York City house who presided at Day’s funeral Mass, visual artist who has painted several portraits of Day in her later years
• Martha Hennessy, peace activist and current member of the New York City CW community who also bears the distinction of being one of Dorothy Day’s nine grandchildren
• Blanche Johnson, social worker and board president, Bigs and Littles NYC, a youth mentoring program
• Kathleen DeSutter Jordan, community member and editor in New York City during the VietNam era, a frequent contributor to the paper who for decades, with her husband Patrick, maintained Dorothy’s beach cottage on Staten Island
• David Mueller, Cofounder and Coordinator of the Dorothy Day Canonization Support Network
• Luis Pena, Hispanic Outreach Coordinator for the Office of Hispanic Ministry, Archdiocese of New York
• Phillip Runkel, peace activist and archivist, responsible for the Catholic social action holdings at Marquette University, including the Dorothy Day-Catholic Worker Collection
• Joseph Sclafani, retired physician who coordinates the cause’s transcription process
• Most Rev. Dennis Sullivan, Bishop of Camden, New Jersey
• Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, Executive Director, New York Catholic Charities
• Gabriella Wilke, Marketing Coordinator for Commonweal magazine
• Louise Zwick*, with her late husband, Mark, co-author of major studies on the Catholic Worker movement and co-founder of a house of hospitality in Houston, Texas
• George B. Horton*, Director of Social and Community Development, New York Catholic Charities, and a vice-postulator

*Executive Committee