Events

It's back to school season! In the weeks leading up to Dorothy's birthday in November, we are delighted to welcome you to a six-session, online reading group of All The Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day, led by Robert Ellsberg, the editor of this collection.

Our Fall 2026 book club will meet on Wednesday evenings from September 30th through November 4th from 8:00-9:15 PM Eastern each week. Each week, we'll read one section and discuss it together over Zoom. 

We have a special offer this year: As the editor of All The Way to Heaven, Robert has graciously agreed to sign copies of the collection for book club participants! Register and get your own autographed, hardcover copy using our form. We look forward to seeing you September 30th!

Please join us for the annual Dorothy Day Lecture, "Faith and Resistance in a World at War" at Manhattan University on Tuesday night! This year, our speaker will be Martha Hennessy, Plowshares activist, Catholic Worker, and granddaughter of Dorothy Day. Martha has devoted many years of her life to the cause of peace and has recently returned from a speaking tour in Australia.

This event is co-sponsored by the Dorothy Day Center at Manhattan University.

On Saturday, October 24th, from 12:00 to 4:00 PM, the Dorothy Day Guild hosted our first afternoon work party at Maryhouse! We focused our efforts in the auditorium, where the New York Catholic Worker community often hosts special masses, Friday night meetings, concerts, and other celebrations, as well as the dining room, where the community offers lunchtime hospitality to women, many of whom are homeless.

We spent the afternoon scraping paint, plaster repair, sanding, and other painting prep in addition to cleaning. We are so grateful for our partnership with the New York Catholic Worker community and look forward to sponsoring additional workdays in the future!

The Dorothy Day Guild participated in the 2026 "Catholic Saints of America" exhibition at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin!

 This exhibit was part of a celebration of American saints and holy people in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary. The Shrine hosted a series of events from July 1st-July 9th.

David Mueller, a member of the Dorothy Day Guild board of directors, represented Dorothy's cause on Thursday, July 2nd and Friday, July 3rd at our booth in the "American Saints" exhibit and gave a presentation at 1:15 PM on Friday, July 3rd. Thanks to everyone who came to his talk and stopped by our table for a free Dorothy Day Guild sticker and holy card!

Our Lady of Champion Shrine is the site of the only approved Marian apparition in the United States, so this is a really special place to pray, and the grounds are beautiful. The Shrine worked with more than seventy different canonization causes, shrines, and guilds, for this celebration and we were so honored to be included.