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title: "Annual Lectures and Events"
url: "/academics/centers-institutes/dorothy-day-center/lectures-events"
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date: 2026-05-28
updated: 2026-05-28
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# Annual Lectures and Events

## Annual Lectures and Events

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    ![Martha Hennessy speaks at Manhattan University](/sites/default/files/styles/original_aspect_ratio_400/public/media/2026-05/MC-Dorothy-Day-Nov-1-2022-0020.jpg?itok=byffQ11c) 

 On November 1, 2022, the University was delighted to host the event Dorothy Day at 125: A Conversation with Martha Hennessy and Robert Ellsberg. Hennessy is Day's granddaughter.

[View Event Photos](https://manhattan.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000k_Wx8uTiitg/G0000nsvWNAPOVL4/11-01-22-Dorothy-Day-Lecture-HATTON)

### Past Events

Since 2015, Manhattan University has hosted many other events on campus that relate to Day's life and legacy. Past events incldue:

- 3/29/22: [Dorothy Day and the Radical Vocation of a Journalist](https://mcquad.org/2022/04/06/radical-catholic-journalist-launches-peace-and-justice-week-at-8th-annual-dorothy-day-lecture%ef%bf%bc/), Lecture by Melissa Cedillo, Colleen Dulle and Eileen Markey.
- 5/15/21: International Webinar on “[Dorothy Day and the Global Church](http://dorothydayguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Copy-of-Copy-of-Dorothy-Day-Event-twitter.png)” with Noel E. Bordador, Nazareth House Philippines, Anne Dowling, Dorothy Day House Australia, Gerard Moorman, Jeannette Noëlhuis Netherlands, Henry Simonin, Le Dorothy, France
- 11/29/20: Virtual event co-sponsored with America Media and the Dorothy Day Guild: [The Living Legacy of Dorothy Day, with David Brooks, Anne Snyder, Paul Elie ](http://dorothydayguild.org/the-living-legacy-of-dorothy-day/)
- 11/8/20: [*Love in Action, Insights from Dorothy Day on Bearing Witness in a Time of Crisis*](/news/archive/2020/11/julie-leininger-pycior-dorothy-day-lecture.php) with Dr. Julie Leininger Pycior.
- 3/4/20: Film Screening (NY Premiere) of [*Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story*](https://archny.org/event/revolution-of-the-heart-the-dorothy-day-story/), with a presentation by filmmaker Martin Doblmeier.
- 11/1/18: The Making of a Saint, Daniel Cosacchi (Fairfield University), Joanne Kennedy (Catholic Worker), and Michael Lee (Fordham University)
- 11/15/17 The World Will Be Saved by Beauty, Kate Hennessy on her grandmother, Dorothy Day.
- 11/16/16: Dorothy Day Lecture. Kathleen and Patrick Jordan (112 participants).
- 10/5/15: Dorothy Day lecture by Robert Ellsberg. Co-sponsored with Campus Ministry & Social Action, History, and Religious Studies.

 

View upcoming and past events related to the Dorothy Day Center at Manhattan University.