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1897 - Born on the 8th of November in New York.
1927 - Began a period of spiritual awakening, which led her to embrace Catholicism, joining the Church in December with baptism at Our Lady Help of Christian's parish on Staten Island.
1933 - Founded the Catholic Worker Movement, espousing nonviolence, and hospitality for the impoverished and downtrodden.
1952 - Published her autobiography The Long Loneliness.
1960 - She was embraced by progressive Catholics.
1963 - Her account of the Catholic Worker movement, Loaves and Fishes, was published in this year.
1980 - Died on the 29th of November and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery on Staten Island, just a few blocks from where her beachside cottage once stood where she first became interested in Catholicism.
1983 - She was proposed for sainthood by the Claretian Missionaries.
1927 - Began a period of spiritual awakening, which led her to embrace Catholicism, joining the Church in December with baptism at Our Lady Help of Christian's parish on Staten Island.
1933 - Founded the Catholic Worker Movement, espousing nonviolence, and hospitality for the impoverished and downtrodden.
1952 - Published her autobiography The Long Loneliness.
1960 - She was embraced by progressive Catholics.
1963 - Her account of the Catholic Worker movement, Loaves and Fishes, was published in this year.
1980 - Died on the 29th of November and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery on Staten Island, just a few blocks from where her beachside cottage once stood where she first became interested in Catholicism.
1983 - She was proposed for sainthood by the Claretian Missionaries.
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