#95. John Dear on the life and witness of Dorothy Day: "Our manifesto is the Sermon on the Mount."

Podcast: The Nonviolent Jesus · Fr. John Dear

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

On today’s episode I reflect on the life and witness of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker. Last month, at the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence international conference in Rome, I suggested in my speech that it’s time we all took up Dorothy Day’s example and committed ourselves full time to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. J ust after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, as the U.S. entered World War II, she published a bold headline saying, “Our Manifesto Is the Sermon on the Mount!” Thousands left her movement ove...