Dynamite - Alliance Catholic Worker Newsletter Fall 2014

DYNAMITE Alliance Catholic Worker - Joshua Casteel House Fall 2014 Dorothy Day’s Granddaughter Is Continuing Her Legacy Inside: Overdose The Family vs. Capitalism Worker Pictures The Church On Capitalism The
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    services. Editor Daniel Schmidt [email protected] “Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.” - Matthew 25:45 Martha   Hennessy   is   con/nuing   Dorothy   Day’s   legacy.     Recently   our   community   had   a   visit   from   Martha   Hennessy.   She   was   here   to   give   a   talk   at   Walsh   University   and   to   visit   us   at   the   Joshua   Casteel   House.   Her   talk   was   en/tled   “My   Grandmother,   Dorothy   Day,   a   liEle   bit   of   dynamite”.   She   talked   about   her   life   growing   up,   memories   of   her   grandmother,   granny   as   she   called   her,   and   direct   ac/on.   Martha  is  seventh  out  of  nine  children  born  to  Dorothy  Day’s  daughter,  Tamar.  She   grew  up  in  Vermont,  but  her  father  leK  the  family  when  she  was  six  years  old.  The   family   fell   away   from   the   church   which   gave   her   grandmother   great   grief.   Ten   years   ago   Martha   returned   to   the   church   and   her   priest   told   her,   “you   did   not   leave   the   arms   of   the   church;   you   just   fell   asleep   in   them.”   Martha   has   three   children  of  her  own  and  seven  grandchildren.  Half  of  her  /me  is  spent  at  the  Mary   House  in  New  York  and  half  at  her  home  in  Vermont  with  her  husband.   Martha   spent   four   years   learning   about   what   it   means   to   be   a   Catholic   Worker.   She  referred  to  many  books  that  Dorothy  Day  wrote  and  the  life  she  tried  to  live.   The   difficul/es,   joys,   and   sorrows   are   voiced   in   the   “Long   Loneliness”.     “Loaves   and   Fishes”   explain   the   direct   ac/on   Workers   perform.   She   talked   about   personalism  and  hospitality,  life  and  work  in  God’s  hands,  humility  and  love  of  one   another,  and  having  a  contempla/ve  life  to  remain  focused  on  ministry.     330-915-7061 www.alliancecatholicworker.org [email protected] Continues page 3…