Each year the parish gives this award to honor those in the community whose lives emulate the work of Dorothy Day.

PAST RECIPIENTS

2008
Steve Dickhout

2007
Keith Patrick

2006
Kathleen Rumpf

2005
Henry Nicolella, Michael Sullivan, and Michael Mulholland

     Dorothy Day was the founder of the Catholic worker movement . She lived her own life based on the social teachings of the church, placing much emphasis on relating to the poor and rejected members of our communities.

"LOVE IS THE MEASURE" BY DOROTHY DAY:

     "What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for the people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do.  And...by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the right of workers, of the poor, of the destitute...we can to a certain extent change the world; we can work for the oasis, the cell of joy and peace in a harried world.  We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever-widening circle will reach around the world."

     "We repeat, there is nothing we can do but love, and dear God - please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend."

PRAYER TO DOROTHY DAY:
Friend and Partner of the poor,
Guiding spirit for the Catholic Worker,
Home always open to the unwanted,
Early. often lonely, witness
in the cause of peace and conscience,
Eloquent pattern of gospel simplicity -
Dorothy Day, disciple of the Lord:
may we continue your gift of self to the needy
and your untiring work for peace!