ENTERTAINING ANGELS: THE DOROTHY DAY STORY

In 1995, Paulist Pictures produced the feature film, Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, a movie that traces the spiritual journey of Dorothy Day. The founder of The Catholic Worker, Dorothy Day was a great servant of the poor, a battler for justice and a champion of non-violent conflict resolution.

 

Starting from her days as a feisty Marxist journalist and through several affairs and an abortion, she eventually undergoes a religious transformation, which turned her into the American Mother Teresa.

 

The phrase "entertaining angels" comes from the New Testament, Hebrews 13:2, "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it," which expresses Dorothy Day's attitude about hospitality to the poor.

 

CREDITS:

Directed by Michael Ray Rhodes

Written by John Wells

 

CAST:

Dorothy Day Moira Kelly

Peter Maurin Martin Sheen

Forster Batterham Lenny von Dohlen

Sister Aloysius Melinda Dillon

Mike Gold Paul Lieber

Maggie Bowen Heather Graham

Lionel Moise Boyd Kestner

Eugene O'Neill James Lancaster

Floyd Dell Geoffrey Blake

Cardinal Brian Keith

Tamar Heather Camille

Dan Irwin Thom Adcox-Hernandez

John David Beron

Tesse Pamela Shafer

Frankie Allyce Beasley