From Union Square to Rome

A reissue of our edition of this early memoir by Dorothy Day, originally published in in 1938, in which was gives an account to her comrades in the radical movement of how she came to embrace Christ and the Catholic Church. "A spiritual gem essential reading for contemporary Catholics." -- Jim Martin, America magazine In this early autobiographical work, Dorothy Day offers the first account of her dramatic conversion. This concise and passionate work gives an account of Day's former comrades in the radical movement of the steps that led to her to embrace Christ and the Catholic Church. From Union Square to Rome is an essential book for all those fascinated by Day's unique brand of holiness and activism. "I have said, somewhat flippantly, that the mass of bourgeois smug Christians who denied Christ in His poor made me turn to Communism, and that it was the Communists and working with them that made me turn to God."