{"product_id":"from-union-square-to-rome-9781626985599","title":"From Union Square to Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003eDorothy Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM UNION SQUARE TO ROME\u003c\/b\u003e Preface by Robert Ellsberg With a New Foreword by Pope Francis  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eReading these pages by Dorothy Day and following her religious journey becomes an adventure that heartens us and teaches us how to keep a true image of God alive in ourselves.\"--\u003c\/i\u003ePope Francis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A spiritual gem . . . essential reading for contemporary Catholics.\"--\u003c\/i\u003eJames Martin, SJ\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker, has been called \"the church's least likely yet most plausible saint.\" \u003ci\u003eFrom Union Square to Rome, \u003c\/i\u003efirst published in 1938, offers the first account of her dramatic conversion to Roman Catholicism, a story later expanded upon in her classic memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Loneliness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this concise and passionate work, Day's purpose was to give an account to her comrades in the radical movement of how she came to embrace Christ and the Catholic Church. She reveals how God was present in all the steps of her journey: in intimations of the sacred, in her experiences in the struggle for social justice, in times of loneliness and confusion, in her experience of love, her joy in the birth of her daughter, and even in the painful price she ultimately paid for her faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePope Francis in his address to Congress in 2015 held up Day, whose cause for canonization is in process, among \"four great Americans\" who speak to the needs of our day. And now in a new Foreword to this edition, he holds up her story for all people, and especially for Catholics: \"Her whole life was devoted to social justice and human rights, particularly for the poor, the exploited workers, and the socially marginalized. It exemplified what St. James said in his Letter: 'Show me your faith without works and I by my works will show you my faith.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso in this edition, a selection of photographs that illustrate her text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orbis Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626985599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.50d","brand":"Day Dorothy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544283971765,"sku":"9781626985599","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a6c8e43e-285f-4e1d-bc1f-516cd4ea8e1f.jpg?v=1706121062","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/from-union-square-to-rome-9781626985599","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}