"Though Christians the world over make yearly preparations for Lent, there’s a conspicuous lack of good books for that other great spiritual season: Advent. All the same, this four-week period leading up to Christmas is making a comeback as growing numbers reject shopping-mall frenzy and examine the deeper meaning of the season. Ecumenical in scope, these fifty devotions invite the reader to contemplate the great themes of Christmas and ..."
Therese A Life Of Therese Of Lisieux by DorothyDay Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2012 by Literary Licensing Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-50868-5, ISBN: 1-258-50868-0
"An unparalleled anthology of reflections for Lent and Easter. Though Easter (like Christmas) is often trivialized by the culture at large, it is still the high point of the religious calendar for millions of people around the world. And for most of them, there can be no Easter without Lent, the season that leads up to it. A time for self-denial, soul-searching, and spiritual preparation, Lent is traditionally observed by daily reading a ..."
"A twentieth-century Catholic activist, founder of the Catholic Worker movement and its newspaper, "The Catholic Worker," and candidate for Sainthood are just a few descriptions of Dorothy Day. In this volume, Phyllis Zagano has compiled and arranged long and short selections from Dorothy Day's own writings which reflect her gospel-based spirituality. In addition, "Dorothy Day: In My Own Words" is illustrated with photographs from every ..."
"In his address to Congress in September 2015, Pope Francis surprised many when he included Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton along with Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr, as examples of four "great Americans" he wished to extol. While perhaps better known than Merton, adding Day to the pantheon of great figures in American history was certainly significant. Indeed, since her death in 1980, there has been a steadily growing recognit ..."
"The story of four modern American Catholics who made literature out of their search for GodIn the mid–twentieth century four American Catholics came to believe that the best way to explore the questions of religious faith was to write about them—in works that readers of all kinds could admire. The Life You Save May Be Your Own is their story—a vivid and enthralling account of great writers and their power over us.Thomas Merton was a Tra ..."
The Long Loneliness An Autobiography by DorothyDay Hardcover, 326 Pages, Published 1989 by Thomas More Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-88347-236-1, ISBN: 0-88347-236-8
"A compelling autobiographical testament to the spiritual pilgrimage of a woman who, in her own words, dedicated herself "to bring[ing] about the kind of society where it is easier to be good.''"
From Union Square to Rome (The American Catholic Tradition) by DorothyDay Hardcover, 173 Pages, Published 1984 by Ayer Co Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-405-10815-0, ISBN: 0-405-10815-X
"Best-selling author C.W. Gusewelle treats us to a wonderful story about a Cecropia silkmoth that found a home inside the author's screen door. A captivating year-long journey from egg to adult. Stunning color photographs by Dr. Charles Porter accompany Gusewelle's illuminating story-telling. A delightful and instructive read for the entire family!"
"This sweeping new anthology shows how religion has joined with and learned from movements for social justice, peace, and ecological wisdom. Liberating Faith surveys the entire range of religious social activism: from liberation theology and feminist religion to ecotheology and peace activism. It includes theology, social critique, position papers, denominational statements, manifestos, rituals, prayers, biographical accounts, and journa ..."
"Here is one of the most beautiful and touching stories of Christian devotion ever written. Brother Lawrence was a Carmelite Brother known for his profound peace and deep relationship with God; many came to seek spiritual guidance from him. The wisdom that he passed on to them, in conversations and in letters, would later become the basis for the book."
The Duty of Delight(1st Edition) The Diaries of DorothyDay by Robert Ellsberg, DorothyDay Hardcover, 700 Pages, Published 2008 by Marquette University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87462-023-8, ISBN: 0-87462-023-6
"Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, has been called the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism. For almost fifty years, through her tireless service of the poor and her courageous witness for peace, she offered an extraordinary example of the gospel in action. Now the publication of her diaries, previously sealed for twenty-five years after her death, offers a un ..."
"This volume, drawing on personal papers sealed for twenty-five years after her death in 1980, follows the publication of The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day, also edited by Robert Ellsberg. Like her diaries, Dorothy Days letters offer a fascinating chronicle of her response to the vast changes in America, the church, and the wider world. Set against the backdrop of the Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vatican II, Viet ..."
"Compelling and prophetic, Dorothy Day is one of the most enduring icons of American Catholicism. In the depths of the Great Depression and guided by the Works of Mercy, Day, a journalist at the time, published a newspaper, the Catholic Worker, and co-founded a movement dedicated to the poorest of the poor, while living with them and sharing their poverty.In 1955, Vivian Cherry, a documentary photographer known for her disturbing and ins ..."
By Little and by Little The Selected Writings of DorothyDay Ellsberg, Robert by Robert Ellsberg, DorothyDay Hardcover, 371 Pages, Published 1983 by Alfred A Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-394-52499-3, ISBN: 0-394-52499-3
Dorothy Parker(1st Edition) In Her Own Words by Barry Day, Dorothy Parker Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2004 by Taylor Trade Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-58979-071-1, ISBN: 1-58979-071-5