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Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker

Posted on September 11, 2025 by theamericanplutarch

Dorothy Day was a lay missionary. She was not a member of a religious order (although she did become a Benedictine oblate), rather she was a convert to Catholicism who completely embraced the religion to guide her everyday existence according … Continue reading →

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Fanny Allen (1784-1819): From Vermont to the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph

Posted on September 11, 2025 by theamericanplutarch

Fanny Allen’s commitment to the Great Commission was not flashy, the stuff of grand tales of perseverance, suffering, and martyrdom—more the everyday, the challenges to faith of family and friends, the renewed commitment time and again, the daily putting on … Continue reading →

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