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Catholic Worker movement  

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  • The Catholic Worker, a movement of Catholic lay people founded during the Great Depression, has since served as one of the most significant forces on the Christian left in the United States. Largely identified with Dorothy Day (1897–1980), its cofounder and leading voice until her death, the movement combines religious piety, a broadly anarchistic attitude toward the state, voluntary poverty, and a firm commitment to non-violence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Catholic Worker Movement]

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