Editing Catholic Worker Movement (section)

==History==
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The Catholic Worker Movement started with the ''Catholic Worker'' newspaper, created by Dorothy Day to advance Catholic social teaching and be a neutral, [[Christian pacifism|Christian pacifist]] position in the war-torn 1930s. Day attempted to put her words from the ''Catholic Worker'' into action through "[[house of hospitality|houses of hospitality]]"{{sfn|Piehl|1982|p=96}} and then through a series of farms for people to live together on [[Intentional community|communes]]. The idea of [[voluntary poverty]] was advocated for those who volunteered to work at the houses of hospitality.{{sfn|Piehl|1982|p=98}} Many people would come to the Catholic Workers for assistance, then becoming Workers themselves.{{sfn|Piehl|1982|p=107}} Initially, these houses of hospitality had little organization and no requirements for membership.{{sfn|Piehl|1982|pp=98–99}} As time passed some basic rules and policies were established.{{sfn|Piehl|1982|p=106}} Day appointed the directors of each of the houses, each of which operated autonomously and came to vary in size and character. In the 1930s, the St. Louis Workers served 3,400 people a day while the Detroit Workers served around 600 a day.{{sfn|Piehl|1982|p=[https://archive.org/details/breakingbreadcat0000pieh/page/110/mode/1up 110]}}

The ''Catholic Worker'' newspaper spread the idea to other cities in the [[United States]], as well as to [[Canada]] and the [[United Kingdom]], through the reports printed by those who had experienced working in the houses of hospitality.{{sfn|Piehl|1982|p=107}} More than 30 independent but affiliated communities had been founded by 1941. Between 1965 and 1980 an additional 76 communities were founded with 35 of these still in existence today,<ref>Dan McKanan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LalvZo7fx5sC&q=Catholic+Worker Catholic Worker After Dorothy], Liturgical Press, 2008. pp 75–76 via books.google.com</ref> such as the "Hippie Kitchen" founded in the back of a van by two Catholic Workers on [[Skid Row, Los Angeles]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news | last=Streeter | first=Kurt | url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-c1-catholic-workers-20140409-dto-htmlstory.html | title=A couple's commitment to skid row doesn't waver | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=April 9, 2014 | access-date=February 4, 2018 | archive-date=February 4, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204182259/http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-c1-catholic-workers-20140409-dto-htmlstory.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Well over 200 communities exist today, including several in [[Australia]], the United Kingdom, Canada, [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]],  [[Mexico]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicworker.org/communities/directory-picker.html |title=Directory of Catholic Worker Communities |website=www.catholicworker.org |access-date=January 8, 2017 |archive-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107092404/http://www.catholicworker.org/communities/directory-picker.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Day, who died in 1980, is under consideration for [[sainthood]] by the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Saint Dorothy Day? Controversial, Yes, But Bishops Push for Canonization | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/saint-dorothy-day-controv_n_2133584.html | first=David | last=Gibson | work=[[The Huffington Post]] | date=November 14, 2012 | access-date=February 4, 2018 | archive-date=April 10, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410050104/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/saint-dorothy-day-controv_n_2133584.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US bishops endorse sainthood cause of Catholic Worker's Dorothy Day |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1204800.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121207032158/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1204800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 7, 2012 |access-date=November 8, 2022 |website=Catholic News Service}}</ref>