From Our House to Yours: March 2026 E-News

Celebrating 20 years of the Dorothy Day House is an honor. It's a privilege to lead such an amazing group of people who work with families each and every day in the great times and the hard times. Even though my goal is to create a community where the Dorothy Day House is not needed, you and I both know that is a lofty goal. So, in the meantime, we will continue with the Works of Mercy that happen here. As supporters and volunteers, we want to help you have opportunities to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, and more.

I listened to a podcast recently called Good on Wood, hosted by Steve Shalert and Jared McKenna. It's a production of St. Stephens University and The Jim Forest Institute of Religion, Peace & Justice. In this episode, they ask Martha and Kate Hennessy (Dorothy Day's granddaughters, among many other titles) how society changes. How do we change or work toward change? Kate answered that it has to be a "revolution of the heart" in how we "convert ourselves" or "conduct ourselves." She mentioned that the probably "unsatisfying answer is to come back to the Works of Mercy."

Martha will be in Memphis speaking at our panel discussion on Thursday night. We are grateful that she is able to come here to share not only a part of her story, but also her remembrance of Dorothy Day.

We hope you will join us.

- Tracy Burgess, Executive Director