The Ghost of Dorothy Day

The late Dorothy Day, a champion of the poor and dispossessed, is being considered for canonization by the Catholic Church, with the strong endorsement of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, has called her "a saint for our time."

Now, parishioners at the New York City church where Day's relatives say she attended Mass for decades are hoping a little of that heavenly favor can rub off on them.