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For over sixty years The Catholic Worker has served as the organ of a movement that has joined the spirituality of the Gospels with a radical engagement in the pressing social issues of the twentieth century. Founded in 1933 by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, The Catholic Worker reflected the editors' day-to-day solidarity with the poor and commitment to nonviolent social change. This expanded edition of A Penny a Copy draws on writings from The Catholic Worker to provide a chronicle of this unique movement, its founding and growth, and its courageous grappling with such issues as poverty, homelessness, war, civil disobedience, as well as the Works of Mercy, the spirit of hospitality, community, and the editors' efforts to imagine and construct "a new society in the shell of the old."

How does one enter into suffering with those who are poor in spirit, body, and possessions? Are we not all poor as we seek after Someone, Something, beyond ourselves -- for love, peace, and justice? And if we are poor, what does that mean? What is community? This gold-mine of writings from sixty years of The Catholic Worker offers lively accounts of the movement's courageous grappling with these issues and more: homelessness, war, civil disobedience, and community. Includes contributions from Dorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, Robert Coles, Daniel Berrigan, Eileen Egan, and Thomas Merton.