The Story of Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day was a radical journalist who shocked many a patriotic American. She opposed the entry of the U.S. into both world wars and wrote blistering columns about nuclear arms and American foreign policy. However, it wasn't just her writing, but also her acts of nonviolence. She was arrested and jailed eight times for marching in picket lines, and the FBI had her high on the list of those accused of sedition.

After converting to Catholicism, she organized a network of dining rooms that provides food and shelter for the poor across the U.S. and twenty-five other countries.But her radical views never changed. Her cause for canonization is now in the hands of the Vatican, and the admirers who promote her are haunted by the same issues that haunted her: the blight of homelessness, the sin of racism, the insanity of war, the worship of money, the futility of life without religious faith. Those questions are as relevant today as they were in the last century. If anything, more so.

"This is a book for everyone. It is a riveting story about an amazing woman written by an exceptional author with erudition, impartiality and finesse." From the foreword by Dr Marie Murray, Adjunct professor, School of Psychology, University College Dublin.

"Wow! What a remarkable expression of the passionate being of Dorothy Day..... This is a MUST read to get insight into the heart of Dorothy Day." Sister Libby Fernandez, RSM, Founder and Director of Mercy Pedalers (Formerly Director of Loaves and Fishes - Sacramento)

"This is a very powerful and empowering book and has the potential to change people's lives for good." 
Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, Founder of Focus Ireland.

"Can someone whose life was as broken as that of Dorothy Day really be declared a saint? James Murphy answers in the affirmative but Day's humility demurs. After a careful reading I share Murphy's well-reasoned opinion." Hon. Robert Fracchia, retired, Superior Court of California, County of Solano.