Maurin, (Aristide) Peter (1877–1949)

French-born US Catholic social activist. After a decade as a Christian Brother (1893–1903), he became an itinerant worker, emigrating to Canada and then the USA in 1911. In 1932 he met the social activist Dorothy Day in New York City and helped shape her views; together they founded the Catholic Worker movement, which promoted grass roots social action to aid the poor; he also wrote for the movement's newspaper.