Board of Directors
Bishop Peter J. Byrne, Spiritual Advisor
Deborah Sucich, Founder & President
Anne-Louise DePalo, Vice President
Mark Villamor, Secretary
Marlene Boyd
Yvonne Brennan
Maria Giura, PhD
The Staten Island Catholic Worker
Vision and Mission
In the spirit of Dorothy Day’s Catholic Worker Movement, we seek solidarity with the most vulnerable through living voluntary poverty, educating ourselves and others in Catholic Social Teaching, and living simply in respect of God’s creation. Dorothy Day’s House of Hospitality on Staten Island would serve the needs of the local community allowing others to engage in both the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Through a focus on Catholic Social Teaching, we hope to educate Catholics as well as those from other faith traditions to enliven the local church in the spirit of faith, love, and service.
About Our Logo
Dorothy Day’s initials combined, form both a smaller D in its center, but, overall, another larger, dominant D
The overwhelmingly compassionate heart of Blessed Dorothy Day (symbolized by her initials) is illustrated as central and inextricably tied to the Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist represented by the circular “Host” in which they are forever embedded
The yellow sunburst illustrates the beautiful, far-reaching brilliance, warmth and compassion of the work our ministry does by its outreach resulting in the lovingly positive experience of those touched by it
