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Volume 1 (digital), Issue 2
September 2023
Notre Dame Professor Emeritus Lawrence Cunningham, author of The Meaning of Saints, explains some of the history behind how miracles became part of the canonization processes.
Guild “graces and favors” committee member Jodee Fink presents three powerful testimonies of graces and favors attributed to Dorothy’s intercession.
Catholic Worker Julia Occhiogrosso reflects on finding Christ in the poor in her work at the Las Vegas CW.
Casey Mullaney gives an update on the Guild’s recent and upcoming activities.
Dorothy, Day, Dottie…Guild intern Izzy Frazza, a student at Yale, profiles several families who have named their children for Dorothy Day.
America magazine reporter Colleen Dulle reflects on her skepticism about the sainthood process, and how it is miracles that ultimately give her faith in it.
FOR MORE TO READ
(and in the tradition of the Catholic Worker to help "clarify thought"),
here are some engaging articles on matters miraculous:
Miracles as part of spiritual practice.
"What the Conversion of St. Ignatius can teach us 500 years later”
by Jean Luc Enyegue, S.J.
(Our thanks for viewing to America magazine)
Miracles as crucial to an understanding of Christianity.
"C.S. Lewis on Miracles: Why they are important and significant”
(Our thanks to the C.S. Lewis Institute)
Pilgrimage and prayer for miracles of change.
"Promises & Miracles:
by Claudia Avila Cosnahan
(Our thanks for viewing to Commonweal magazine)
Miracle stories found in the world’s great religions.
"Making Room for Miracles”
Introduction to The Book of Miracles
by Kenneth L. Woodward
(Our thanks to the author)
Lakota Mary and Jesus by
Brother Mickey McGrath
(Likely for Dorothy Day, the Incarnation -- the wellspring
of her faith from which all her activism flowed -- was the
greatest miracle.)
Blessed and be-ribboned boxes of evidence sent to Rome in 2022,
marking the start of the final phase of the inquiry into Day’s holiness.
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IN OUR TIME
Editorial and Production Team
Colleen Dulle, Issue Editor
Anthony Santella
Gabriella Wilke
Carolyn Zablotny
Contributors
Writers:
Jodee Fink, Isabel Frazza, Casey Mullaney, Julia Occhiogrosso
Designer:
Mindy Indy, www.mindyindy.com
Lettering:
Linda Henry Orell
Credits
Art:
Ade Bethune, “Peace Tree,” masthead; “Vine and Branches,” border; Rita Corbin, “Tree of Life (w. birds)”
Photo: Bob Fitch, Courtesy of Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Our deep thanks to
Bro. Martin Erspamer, OSB,
for the use of his iconic images (preceding columns for “Good Talk,” “Breaking Bread,” “Sowing Seeds,” “Signs of Holiness”) and to
Bro. Mickey McGrath, OSFS,
for the use of his illustration, “Lakota Mary and Jesus.”
A Woman of Conscience, a Saint for Our Time
The Dorothy Day Guild supports and advances the cause for canonization of Dorothy Day, initiated by the Archdiocese of New York as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and promotes, for the benefit of all people interested in social justice, awareness of Dorothy Day, her writings, the Catholic Worker Movement she co-founded, and her life and witness to the Gospel.
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