University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana University of Montana Conference on 2019 University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR) Undergraduate Research Apr 17th, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM "They Love God Even Though They Deny Him": Dorothy Day's Latin American Consciousness, 1927-1980 Tess Gallagher Clancy University of Montana, Missoula, [email protected] Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/umcur Gallagher Clancy, Tess, ""They Love God Even Though They eD ny Him": Dorothy Day's Latin American Consciousness, 1927-1980" (2019). University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR). 3. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/umcur/2019/amposters/3 This Poster is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “They Love God Even Though They Deny Him”1: Dorothy Day’s Latin American Consciousness, 1927-1980 1. Dorothy Day, “About Cuba,” Catholic Worker, July-August 1961 Tess Gallagher Clancy HISTORY University of Montana Dorothy Day (1897-1980), Rebel of the Left Ally with the Oppressed, Oppose the Greatest Evil 9. 10. o Anarcho-pacifist Catholic, co-founder of The Catholic o Themes Worker Movement and newspaper • Supports revolutionaries who use violence over o How did Day’s Latin American connections contribute capitalistic States and States under U.S. imperialist to forming her anarcho-pacifist, Catholic ethos? control o Key paradoxes: • Supports revolutionaries who persecute the Church • Violence vs. Pacifism over a Church that allies with oligarchic wealth • Acknowledges religious transcendence outside the • The wealthy Church vs. Church persecutors who Church A Pan-American Consciousness fight poverty • Who are the true allies of those living in poverty? o Complexities are not inconsistencies • Anarchism vs. socialism, or authoritarian socialism • Socialism preferable to capitalism; minimal o Dorothy Day: Complicated or inconsistent? commentary on authoritarian socialism o Latin America as a testing ground for her identities o Dorothy Day’s potential canonization, direction and • Early Latin American experiences create o Further work necessary to connect writings about identity of the Roman Catholic Church frameworks for future analysis Latin America to U.S. political involvement; a o Contributing to: U.S.-Latin American relations; left-wing deeper interplay of Pan-American connections Catholicism; pacifism and violence 7. 8. o What does sainthood mean for Dorothy Day? 11. Dorothy Day’s Writings o Prolific writer: Autobiographical writing, monthly newspaper columns, journal, correspondence, book preface, interviews • Cuba; Sandino’s forces in Nicaragua; Mexico; Fr. “When was ever a non-violent solution offered as an Camilo Torres in Colombia; Fr. Ernesto Cardenal in alternative to violent revolution? Did Fidel Castro ever hear of non-violence in the schools he attended – schools taught Nicaragua by Jesuits or Christian Brothers? Did Camilo Torres ever o Analyzing primary sources for Latin American themes hear of the teachings of Gandhi in the diocesan seminary in Photograph Acknowledgements 2 1. Institute for the History of Nicaragua and Central America. “Augusto Sandino being interviewed by Mexican journalists in 1930.” In Jacobin. and connections Bogota, Colombia…?” 1930. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/augusto-sandino-nicaragua-somoza-us-imperialism-sandinista/ 2. The Mex Files. “Dorothy Day in Mexico.” 1930. https://mexfiles.net/2015/09/27/dorothy-day-in-mexico/ 2. Dorothy Day, “A Preface,” Camilo Torres: His Life and Message, trans. Virginia M. O’Grady, (Springfield, Ill.: Templegate, 3. The University of Texas Libraries. “Latin America.” Perry Castañeda Map Collection. o No previous literature analyzing Day in Latin America 1968), 32-3 https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/latin_america.gif 4. Agence France Presse. “Cuban leader Fidel Castro gives a speech in Cuba circa October 22, 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis.” Baltimore Sun. October 22, 1962. http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2012/10/cuban-missile-crisis-50-years-later/cuba-missile-crisis-file/ 5. Camilo Torres’ Llamarada. “Camilo Torres.” http://camilotorreswebpage.blogspot.com/https://mexfiles.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/screenhunter_12-sep-27-00-48.jpg 1. 6. Christ, Ronald. “Ernesto Cardenal.” In Commonweal. April 26, 1974. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/interview-ernesto-cardenal 3. 4. 7. Smart Brief. “Food for the body is not enough, there must be food for the soul.” In One News Page. https://cdn.newsserve.net/k/Dorothy- (1927) Day_573cc20.jpg (1960s) 8. Eichenberg, Fritz. Dorothy Day. 1984. https://www.annexgalleries.com/inventory/detail/19053/Fritz-Eichenberg/Dorothy-Day-from- Gen. Homage-a-portfolio-of-12-portraits Fidel 9. Crisis Magazine. “The Dorothy Day Few of Us Know.” In Crisis. https://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/the-dorothy-day-few-of-us-know Augusto 10. Bethune, Ade. The Catholic Worker Movement. https://www.catholicworker.org/index.html César Castro, 11. Don’t Call Me a Saint documentary. “Dorothy Day: Don’t Call Me a Saint.” http://www.dorothydaydoc.com/extras.html Sandino, Cuba Nicaragua 5. 6. Other Acknowledgements o Dr. Jody Pavilack provided crucial intellectual support. o (1929) 2. The University of Montana Foundation provided financial Unknown support for obtaining archival materials. person, (1968) Tamar Day, Fr. Camilo Torres Dorothy Restrepo, Colombia Background picture: Day, (1970-1979) Christ of the Breadlines, Mexico Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaragua Fritz Eichenberg.