Tom Cornell was a veteran of the Catholic Worker movement and lifelong friends with Dorothy Day. He was managing editor of the Catholic Worker newspaper from 1962–1964 and was also an associate editor. He was a cofounder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship and of Pax Christi, USA. With his wife, Monica, he served as co-manager of Peter Maurin Catholic Worker Farm in Marlboro, New York. Tom served on the executive committee of the Dorothy Day Guild, established to forward her canonization as a saint. He was a deacon in the Catholic Church since his ordination in 1988, and he died on August 1, 2022 at the age of 88.