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All the Way to Heaven
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“The publication of the letters of Dorothy Day is a significant event in the history of Christian spirituality.” —Jim Martin, SJ, author of My Life with the Saints
Dorothy Day, cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement, has been called the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism. Now the publication of her letters, previously sealed for 25 years after her death and meticulously selected by Robert Ellsberg, reveals an extraordinary look at her daily struggles, her hopes, and her unwavering faith.
This volume, which extends from the early 1920s until the time of her death in 1980, offers a fascinating chronicle of her response to the vast changes in America, the Church, and the wider world. Set against the backdrop of the Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vatican II, Vietnam, and the protests of the 1960s and ’70s, she corresponded with a wide range of friends, colleagues, family members, and well-known figures such as Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan, César Chávez, Allen Ginsberg, Katherine Anne Porter, and Francis Cardinal Spellman, shedding light on the deepest yearnings of her heart. At the same time, the first publication of her early love letters to Forster Batterham highlight her humanity and poignantly dramatize the sacrifices that underlay her vocation.
“These letters are life-, work-, and faith-affirming.” —National Catholic Reporter
Dorothy Day, cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement, has been called the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism. Now the publication of her letters, previously sealed for 25 years after her death and meticulously selected by Robert Ellsberg, reveals an extraordinary look at her daily struggles, her hopes, and her unwavering faith.
This volume, which extends from the early 1920s until the time of her death in 1980, offers a fascinating chronicle of her response to the vast changes in America, the Church, and the wider world. Set against the backdrop of the Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vatican II, Vietnam, and the protests of the 1960s and ’70s, she corresponded with a wide range of friends, colleagues, family members, and well-known figures such as Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan, César Chávez, Allen Ginsberg, Katherine Anne Porter, and Francis Cardinal Spellman, shedding light on the deepest yearnings of her heart. At the same time, the first publication of her early love letters to Forster Batterham highlight her humanity and poignantly dramatize the sacrifices that underlay her vocation.
“These letters are life-, work-, and faith-affirming.” —National Catholic Reporter
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“I've been sitting here, trying to think what to say about this book, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13132505.All_the_Way_to_Heaven_The_Selected_Letters_of_Dorothy_Day . It is so breathtakingly real. She was so involved in the Christian world, she lived it and breathed it. The book/letters were beautiful, and inspiring. However, I cannot say it better than Sister Wendy Beckett who stated "These wonderful letters (wonderful even in a merely human sense) can almost startle us with their revelation--natural, unpretentious, non-preachy--of what it means to be holy. Dorothy Day loved our Lord in the darkness of a real world, one where she met with distrust, betrayal, grinding poverty, and anxiety. These sorrows did not keep her from God. They drew her into His own redemptive suffering. There are no letters like these."
And so know you know why I cannot say anything better, Sister Wendy Beckett happened to say it better than anyone else could. I really, truly enjoyed the book, and I would suggest that anyone of the Christian or Catholic faith read the book, heck, I even suggest people who aren't Christian or Catholic take a look at it. Beautiful. And so, so real.
I won this book on Goodreads First Reads.”
About Dorothy Day
Robert Ellsberg is the publisher of Orbis Books. For five years (1975-1980) he
was part of the Catholic Worker community in New York City, serving for two
years as managing editor of the Catholic Worker newspaper. He has edited
Dorothy Day: Selected Writings and has co-edited A Penny a Copy: Readings
from the Catholic Worker. This volume is a companion to his previous book, The
Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day, which won two First Place Book
Awards from the Catholic Press Association. His own books include All Saints,
The Saints' Guide to Happiness, and Blessed Among All Women. He lives in
Ossining, New York.
was part of the Catholic Worker community in New York City, serving for two
years as managing editor of the Catholic Worker newspaper. He has edited
Dorothy Day: Selected Writings and has co-edited A Penny a Copy: Readings
from the Catholic Worker. This volume is a companion to his previous book, The
Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day, which won two First Place Book
Awards from the Catholic Press Association. His own books include All Saints,
The Saints' Guide to Happiness, and Blessed Among All Women. He lives in
Ossining, New York.
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