IN OUR TIME  Newsletter of the Dorothy Day Guild

Sowing Seeds is a column that examines the distinctive ways Catholic Worker communities are living out its charisms. For the community issue of In Our Time , Claire Schaeffer-Duffy and Scott Schaeffer-Duffy reflect on their decades-long journey as Catholic Workers.

Saved by Beauty is a column about the creative entryways into Dorothy Day’s legacy. Bro. Martin Erspamer, OSB and Bro. Michael (Mickey) McGrath, OSFS are both liturgical artists, widely recognized for their creative work. Meeting in the pages of the Guild’s newsletter, Carolyn Zablotny reflects on how they bring an artistry and open-heartedness long associated with Dorothy and the Catholic Worker.

Charles E. Moore is a member, teacher, and pastor of the Bruderhof, an international Christian movement of intentional communities founded by Eberhard Arnold in 1920. A contributing editor and author for Plough , his published works include Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People , Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard , and Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together . For our column, Good Talk , he spoke with Gabriella Wilke on how to go about community life together. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Signs of Holiness is a column that explores some of the spiritual dimensions of the Cause. For the community issue of In Our Time, Colleen Dulle reflects on what it means to live out the pope’s call for political and social love.

This column, Breaking Bread , is typically a first-person reflection about the impact Dorothy Day has had in someone’s life. For the community issue of In Our Time, we tried something different. One of the joys in Dorothy’s life was fiction. While we might more immediately think of the books she read, she also toiled at the dream of writing a novel, particularly a social novel. Sometimes dismissed for its activist leanings, the social novel dramatizes a prevailing social problem, such as poverty or prejudice. As you meet Dorothy the fiction writer, perhaps there’s a critique for Catholics too. This is her debut story for Commonweal.

IN OUR TIME Newsletter of the Dorothy Day Guild