Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
During Walk the Walk Week each year, Notre Dame students, faculty, and staff participate in events designed to foster deeper belonging and inclusion on campus and beyond. This work continues year round, and we can draw inspiration from the examples of those in the Church who have come before us.
Dorothy Day’s life is a powerful witness to faith lived in service of others.
In 1972, the University of Notre Dame honored Day with the Laetare Medal. As Father Ted Hesburgh said, she embodied “the most radical approach of all: Christian love.” As co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Day united faith and action through hospitality, justice, and solidarity with the poor.
Her legacy lives on in South Bend through ministries like St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker House and Our Lady of the Road, and in more than 220 Catholic Worker communities worldwide. In 2012, U.S. bishops recommended her for canonization. Today, she is recognized as a Servant of God.
“We are working for ‘a new heaven and a new earth, wherein justice dwelleth.’ We are trying to say with action, ‘Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’” - Dorothy Day
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:21 Founding the Catholic Worker Movement
02:01 Peacebuilding and Social Justice
02:41 Dorothy Day's Legacy and Path to Sainthood
03:05 Conclusion
During Walk the Walk Week each year, Notre Dame students, faculty, and staff participate in events designed to foster deeper belonging and inclusion on campus and beyond. This work continues year round, and we can draw inspiration from the examples of those in the Church who have come before us.
Dorothy Day’s life is a powerful witness to faith lived in service of others.
In 1972, the University of Notre Dame honored Day with the Laetare Medal. As Father Ted Hesburgh said, she embodied “the most radical approach of all: Christian love.” As co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Day united faith and action through hospitality, justice, and solidarity with the poor.
Her legacy lives on in South Bend through ministries like St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker House and Our Lady of the Road, and in more than 220 Catholic Worker communities worldwide. In 2012, U.S. bishops recommended her for canonization. Today, she is recognized as a Servant of God.
“We are working for ‘a new heaven and a new earth, wherein justice dwelleth.’ We are trying to say with action, ‘Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’” - Dorothy Day
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:21 Founding the Catholic Worker Movement
02:01 Peacebuilding and Social Justice
02:41 Dorothy Day's Legacy and Path to Sainthood
03:05 Conclusion
