Dorothy Day is one of those occasional figures whose lives – and how they live their lives – captures our attention….. In her case, part of how she captivates our attention is because she absolutely – and unfailingly – lived her conscience. It is possible to live one’s conscience.

In her autobiography (The Long Loneliness), Dorothy Day tells her story of growing up, becoming a journalist, her involvement in the Greenwich village scene and political anarchy, and on to her conversion to Catholicism and founding the Catholic Worker Movement.

This is one of the books that I read slowly; I read it slowly to take in the fullness of her life and how she lived her convictions, being a force for good in the world. I will read it again.

Kim Burkhardt blogs at A Parish Catechist and The Books of the Ages.