RCIA SESSIONS TO BEGIN THIS WEEK!   RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Sessions will begin on Thursday, September 23, at 7:00 p.m at St. Wendelin Rectory.  The sessions are for anyone who wants to know more about the Catholic Faith.  All who are not baptized, baptized into another faith denomination, or baptized Catholic but have not received the Sacraments of Eucharist or Confirmation are invited to attend. If you are interested or if you know of someone who may be interested, please invite them to attend!

 
Please contact Cathy Rodgers for registration or any questions at Cathyrodgers77@gmail.com or by phone 724-388-5207.
 

Discover the Life of Dorothy Day with Robert Ellsberg

 Robert Ellsberg is a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Divinity School. In 1975, he interrupted his studies to become a member of the New York Catholic Worker Community and there, became a Catholic. “I met Dorothy Day when I was 19. I had taken a leave as an undergraduate from Harvard University and made my way to the Catholic Worker headquarters in New York City, drawn by a number of motivations. I was eager to learn something directly about life, apart from books. I was tired of living for myself alone and longed to give myself to something larger and more meaningful. But mostly, I think, I was drawn by the hope of meeting Dorothy Day, the movement’s legendary founder, and still, at 77, editor of its newspaper. I had planned to stay a few months but was pretty quickly hooked and remained for five years - the last five years of Dorothy’s life, as it turned out.” (Robert Ellsberg November 21, 2005) 

Mr. Ellsberg is the Editor in Chief and Publisher of Orbis Books, the publishing arm of Maryknoll, as well as having authored several award-winning books. 

Together with him, let’s look closer at the life of one of the most challenging and inspiring of modern-day figures, Dorothy Day; this fascinating woman who became the co-founder of the Catholic Worker  Movement with Peter Maurin, a French Catholic social activist. Ms. Day was born in Brooklyn in 1897 to a modest family. Her father was a  journalist so, at a young age, she was already an avid reader and enjoyed  writing and also arts and music. As a young adult, she became a  journalist, a social activist and was also a bohemian for several years.  She gave up the love of her life, and a common law marriage because of  her desire to baptize their daughter. In March 1926, her life changed  when she encountered a local Catholic religious sister, Sister Aloysia,  who educated her in the Catholic faith. On December 28 of the same  year, she received conditional baptism in the Catholic Church with Sister Aloysia as her godmother.  From being a radical activist, Dorothy Day is now a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church and received the title of Servant of God in March 2000. During her whole life she stayed close to the poor, the unemployed and the homeless with nonviolent actions on their behalf which resulted her in many arrests or even led her to go on extended hunger strikes. For this  reason, we can affirm that she showed a new face of the Gospel for our time. She died on November 29, 1980. Today, 187 Catholic Worker communities in all the world remain  committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled,  hungry, and forsaken. 

Please, join us on Thursday evening, September 30^th at 7:00 (by Zoom) for this most inspiring and encouraging presentation by clicking to this following  link:  

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87612959358?pwd=UWNkQlNOQkJZK2NEZGxE Q0ZOT0NwUT09

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