Dorothy Day: The Long Loneliness

This free weekly online discussion group starts tomorrow, 4 May 5 - 6pm

Dorothy Day is one of the most interesting Catholics of the 20th century. An American convert to Catholicism from radical socialism, she founded the Catholic Worker movement, which developed and practices a sort of Catholic anarchism. Her readily available autobiography, The Long Loneliness, is nicely written, honest, clear, thought-provoking and not too long. We will read the book carefully, and discuss everything from politics to liturgy, from conversion to modern holiness.

The group will be led by Edward Hadas, Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall and author of Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking through Catholic Social Teaching, and by James Bergida, Junior Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Economics at Christendom College.

Schedule:

(An Introduction took place on 27 April.)

Week Two (May 4): "Adolescence" through "Journalism"

Week Three (May 11): "The Masses" through "A Time for Searching"

Week Four (May 18): "Man Is Meant for Happiness" through "Love Overflows"

Week Five (May 25) "Jobs and Journeys" and "Peasants of the Pavements"

Week Six (June 1): "Paper, People, and Work" and "Labor"

Week Seven (June 8): "Community" through "Retreat"

Week Eight (June 15): "'War Is the Health of the State'" through "Postcript"

The discussions are free and open for all. Register HERE to join. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldumtrzkuG9C6n8SqYwJ3AB3prHfdgw-7 is required.

For more information: Contact Edward Hadas (edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk)