biography
| name: |
Maurin, (Aristide) Peter
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pronunciation:
[mohrĩ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1877–1949)
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| biography:
| Catholic social activist, born in S France. After a decade as a Christian Brother (1893–1903), he became an itinerant worker and emigrated to Canada and then to the USA (1911). In 1932 he met Dorothy Day in New York City and helped shape her views, and together they founded the Catholic Worker movement which promoted grass roots social action to aid the poor. He also wrote for the movement's newspaper. |
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