ABSTRACT
The investigation was designed to examine the processes which the Catholic Worker movement, working from the New York City's Saint Joseph's House facility, has utilized in order to ensure its existence after the death of its last charismatic leader, Dorothy Day. A selected biographical sketch of Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day was presented which served to highlight the aspects in the lives of each founder that influenced their personal philosophies and later the ideological development of the Catholic Worker. Maurin's ideology was the basis upon which the Catholic Worker movement was developed. He envisioned the renewal of society as would occur as the result of a personal obligation on the part of everyone to provide for the needs of everyone else. The traditional external functions of the Catholic Worker include the soup line, Friday night meetings, the publication of the Catholic Worker newssheet, and participation in pacifist activities.
