I thought he said, "Doris Day." Thank you for the clarification.
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:43:23 -0700, michael sylvester wrote: > >> Mike P asks if Merton ever talked about Margie.Well,I do >> not know who Margie was >> > > More evidence that people do not read the webpages I provide > links to. If Prof. Sylvester had read the Wikipedia entry, he > would have known who Margie was, why she was important to Merton > (she helped nurse him when he underwent surgery for his back > in 1966), and that he wrote poems to her, and she is the subject > of the essay "A Midsummer Diary for M" which is covered in > greater detail in the following book: > > http://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Mask-Holiness-Thomas-Forbidden-ebook/dp/B002XFP9N8/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1443232229&sr=1-2&keywords=%22A+Midsummer+Diary+for+M.%22 > > She also is covered in the new movie on Merton's life; see: > http://mertonmovie.com/ > > Oh, and the Wikipedia entry for Merton is: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Merton > See especially footnote #1. > > > but I do know that Merton taught at Saint Bonaventure's before >> Pax Intransibus to Gethsemani A book authored by Brother Patrick >> Hart covers his pre-monastic days amd showsscribblings of nude >> women made by Merton.Merton has been viewed as a Saint >> Augustine for our modern times. Anyway he would not have >> talked about Marge-the Trappist monks did not talk to one another. >> > > Well, y'know, some people think hey know other people when > in fact they don't really know them at all. Kinda like Harry Potter's > eventual realization that he didn't really know Albus Dumbledore. > > Merton's MY ARGUMENT WITH THE GESTAPO and CONJECTURES >> OF A GUITY BYSTANDER are works that are of pdychological import. >> But Mike P should be familiar with Dorothea Day who worked with >> the poor at the bowery in NYC. >> > > Actually, you should read the Wikipedia entry on her to get a better > idea of who she was; see: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Day > > Perhaps the most notable aspect about her after her conversion to > Catholicism (after being the "original hippie") is that she was a pacifist > all of her life, which made things very weird for her during World War II. > Indeed, one wonders what she thought when the newsreels of the > Nazi death camps were shown in U.S. movie houses. > > She published the Catholic Worker newspapr..A >> copy was only a penny.Dorothy apparently had an abortion when she was a >> teen.But like St.Monica (St.Augustine's mom) Dorothy converted to >> Caholicism and was a dedicated church goer. >> > > Again, read the Wikipedia article. Do some research. Dorothy Day > established the "Catholic Worker" in a little place close to where I live > in a place "Mary House"; see: > http://www.manta.com/c/mtvhdtt/mary-house-the-catholic-worker > > It's not on the Bowery but 3rd street between 1st and 2nd Avenue, > and just up the block from the headquarters of Hell's Angels (it's > a diverse neighborhood). Women stay in Mary House while men > stay in St Joseph's house over on 1st Street (also between 1st > and 2nd Avenue) see: > http://sideways.nyc/2012/06/the-catholic-worker-st-joseph-house/ > > To tell the truth, when Pope Francis mentioned Dorothy Day's name > I thought he was referring to one of the women who helped to found > the Christadora Settlement which is also in the East Village but > further east and north. The Christadora Settlement was created in > 1897 by Christina MacColl and Sarah Carson and would serve as > a place for social services to the poor and needy as well as a place > for "do-gooders" to get social work experience. In 1928, money > was obtained to build a 16 story building that would house all the > services as well as provide temporary shelter. Known as the > Christadora House, it is still standing overlooking the eastern > side of Tompkins Square Park; see the Wikipedia entry: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christodora_House > > Harry Hopkins started to work at Christadora house in 1912 where > he learned about dealing with poverty first hand, experience > that would come in useful when he joined President Franklin Roosevelt's > administration where he supervised the federal relief administration; see: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hopkins > > For a more detailed history of the social outreach work done at the > Christadora House (and which make Dorothy Day's work seem puny) > see the following article at the Social Welfare History Project website: > > http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/settlement-houses/christodora-settlement-house/ > > I should have known better though because the Christadora settlement > was run by Protestants though it tried to be nondenominational. > > However, Pope Francis may have had other reasons to mention Dorothy > Day's name, outside of her social outreach work. She is now defined by > the Catholic Church as a "Servant of God", which is the first step towards > her canonization or becoming a saint. Her Wikipedia entry has a short bit > on this where the Claretian Missionaries put forth the proposal for > canonization > which Pope John Paul II accepted and Pope Benedict apparently > viewed favorably. I think we can guess what Pope Francis' position is, > especially since now the whole world is asking who the hell was > Dorothy Day. I wonder what two miracles she is supposed to have > done. For those unfamiliar with the contemporary process of making > saints; see: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonization#Roman_Catholic_procedure_since_1983 > > Making another American Saint might be good for the business. > > Well, back to contemplation. >> > > Remember: MU! > > You could see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28negative%29 > but I bet you won't ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: micha...@uca.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa657a&n=T&l=tips&o=46885 > or send a blank email to > leave-46885-357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa6...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 501-450-5418 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. 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