Family photo used with permission from Martha Hennessy
Dorothy Day with granddaughter Martha Hennessy in 1972.
Catholic activist Martha Hennessy has traveled to Russia, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Korea, and Palestine and has been imprisoned for protesting nuclear weapons, drone warfare, and the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo. She is the seventh grandchild of Dorothy Day (1897-1980), founder of the Catholic Worker movement, Benedictine Oblate, and candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church.
Fr. Becket Franks O.S.B. and Martha Hennessy
Visit to St. Procopius Abbey. September 2022.
Photo posted with the permission of Fr. Becket Franks OSB and Fr. James Flint OSB
