Dorothea Project’s Naturalistic Activism vs. Christ the King’s Social Reign

The Pillar portal reports on the Dorothea Project, a group of Catholic women promoting education on “Catholic social teaching” and prayer-based action, primarily concerning immigration. Founded by Katie Holler in response to Trump administration policies, the group rejects political labels (“we’re here because we’re Catholic, not conservative or liberal”), focuses on “human dignity” and “human rights,” and plans to submit a voter guide to the USCCB. Its patrons are Servants of God Dorothy Day and Thea Bowman, and it operates under the authority of local “parishes” and “bishops” of the post-conciliar sect. The project’s theology centers on seeing “all people are made in the image and likeness of God” as a foundational truth, from which flows a duty to protest detention conditions and advocate for immigrants, while avoiding explicit alignment with political parties.