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Article: Dorothy Day's transposition of Therese's "little way".(Abstract)
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- Theological Studies
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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THE CATHOLIC WORKER'S manner of living justly in contemporary American society was specified by Dorothy Day as a "little way." The expression was not original to Day. She first found it in the autobiographical writings of Therese of Lisieux, the late-19th-century mystic known as the "Little Flower." In its original setting, that is, within the life of an enclosed Carmelite nun, the "little way" embraced mostly the nonspectacular, routine living of 20 isolated religious sisters. Therese sought a way to God within daily human interactions--"interactions" that she accurately described as "ordinary." The application of Therese's term to Day's own world and activities required ...
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