Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Dorothy Day
1897 - 1980
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 10, 2022
1. Dorothy Day Marker
Inscription.
Dorothy Day's compassion for the poor began in childhood when her family was forced to live in a Chicago tenement. She dropped out of the University of Illinois to move to New York, where she worked for several radical newspapers. Day was baptized into the Catholic Church in 1927. Five years later, she met Peter Maurin, with whom she founded The Catholic Works, a paper dedicated to Catholic social teaching and the peaceful transformation of society. She welcomed the homeless who knocked on her door, establishing the first "house of hospitality." A pacifist and civil rights activist, Day endured several arrests and imprisonment for civil disobedience.
Dorothy Day's compassion for the poor began in childhood when her family was forced to live in a Chicago tenement. She dropped out of the University of Illinois to move to New York, where she worked for several radical newspapers. Day was baptized into the Catholic Church in 1927. Five years later, she met Peter Maurin, with whom she founded The Catholic Works, a paper dedicated to Catholic social teaching and the peaceful transformation of society. She welcomed the homeless who knocked on her door, establishing the first "house of hospitality." A pacifist and civil rights activist, Day endured several arrests and imprisonment for civil disobedience.
Location. 39° 20.799′ N, 76° 37.474′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in Loyola University. Marker can be reached from West Cold Spring Lane west of North Charles Street (Maryland Route 139), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baltimore MD 21210, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 10, 2022
2. Dorothy Day Hall Entrance
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