Peter Maurin | |
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 Maurin in front of one of the first Catholic Worker houses | |
| Born | Pierre Joseph Orestide Maurin May 9, 1877 |
| Died | May 15, 1949 (aged 72) Orange County, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Middle Village, Queens County, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Aristide Pierre Maurin |
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| Known for | Co-founding the Catholic Worker |
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Peter Maurin (French: [moʁɛ̃]; May 9, 1877 – May 15, 1949) was a French Catholic social activist, theologian, and De La Salle Brother who founded the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933 with Dorothy Day.
Maurin expressed his philosophy through short pieces of verse that became known as Easy Essays.[1] Influenced by the contemporary work of G. K. Chesterton and Vincent McNabb,[2] he was one of the foremost promoters of the back-to-the-land movement and of Catholic distributism in the United States.[3] He was also influenced by Peter Kropotkin, an anarchist.[4][5]
- ^ Day, Dorothy (1963). Loaves and Fishes: The inspiring story of the Catholic Worker Movement. Orbis Books. p. 5.
A Knock at the Door
- ^ Maurin, Peter. Edited by Lincoln Rice. "The Forgotten Radical Peter Maurin." (Fordham University Press: New York) 2020. pp 287, 509
- ^ Zwick, Mark and Louise. "The Catholic Worker Movement: Intellectual and Spiritual Origins." (Paulist Press: New York) 2005. p 17.
- ^ Maurin, Peter. Easy Essays. Catholic Worker Reprint Series. (WIPF & Stock: Eugene, Oregon) 2003. pp 4, 15.
- ^ Maurin, Peter. Edited by Lincoln Rice. "The Forgotten Radical Peter Maurin." (Fordham University Press: New York) 2020. pp 20, 510