Dorothy Day Story

Friday, August 20, 6:30 pm, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive (exit off I-35, west on Wells Branch Parkway)

St. Andrew’s Summer Film Series – “Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story”. This 1996 film starring Moira Kelly and Martin Sheen tells the story of Dorothy Day, a New York journalist who along with Peter Maurin established the Catholic Worker Movement and the activist newspaper “The Catholic Worker.” Controversial for her support of the economic system called “distributism,” she was often called an anarchist and did not hesitate to use that word to describe herself. Day sought to apply Catholic social teachings to make a difference in the lives of those who were suffering from homelessness and hunger during the Great Depression. A convert to Catholicism, Day has been an inspiration to both advocates for social justice in the religious and secular arenas.

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