Dorothy Day Analysis

In part one section seven, Dorothy Day describes her experience with Ms. A and her family. Ms. A is a woman who has had four children and an unemployed husband. Dorothy describes how she tried to explain to a social worker why Ms. A and her husband chose not to practice contraception, which is something the Catholic Church is against. However, the social worker does not understand this reasoning, since Ms. A and her husband would not so many financial problems if they had less children. Dorothy day also talks about the family of ten, eight children and two adults, and how society frowns upon them. Dorothy Day later describes the scavenger hunt New York Times readers went throughout the city and how “fun” it is to them, however she points out that it would not be as fun to participants if they had to scavenger through trash everyday. This section touches on more of the dilemmas the Catholic Worker faces
She describes a place where there is no human spirit. The donations made to the church to build better accommodations before the depression had to be used immediately to help the poor so the shelter was not ideal. The story that touched Dorothy Day is the one of the man who sat down to eat his meal placed on a wooden box, trying to eat with dignity. I can just imagine this and feel heartbroken. Recently I’ve preparing for my Marianist trip to Los Angles and thus have been watching videos and reading articles about Skidrow. I can’t help but wonder if Dorothy Day saw the same poverty back then and felt the same way I do, and why is this still going on today. Later on Dorothy Day adds that the shelter has been tremendously improved for both the men and women. Other shelters had been built with different rules, however she points out the Catholic Workers House of Hospitality and how it felt like less of a shelter and more of a