Moira Kelly as Dorothy Day

Heather Graham as Maggie Bowen

Melinda Dillon as Sister Aloysius

Lenny Von Dohlen as Forster Batterham

Boyd Kestner as Lionel Moise

James Lancaster as Eugene O’Neill

Paul Lieber as Mike Gold

Brian Keith as Cardinal

Tracey Walter as Joe Bennett

Geoffrey Blake as Floyd Dell

Allyce Beasley as Frankie

Heather Camille as Tamar

Thom Adcox-Hernandez as Dan Irwin

Martin Sheen as Peter Maurin

David Berón as John

Pamela Shafer as Tesse

Paul Weaver as Lou

Val Bettin as Mr. Breen

Mary Greening as Eleanor

Brian Libby as Homer

Marianne Muellerleile as Landlady

Samantha MacLachlan as Woman in Jail

Peggy Roeder as Jailer

Gregory Apparcel as Priest for Baptism

Mary Ostrow as Young Nurse

Gina Minervini as Mrs. Matarazzo

Renée Estevez as Lilly Batterham

Redmond Gleeson as Irish Man

Jack Knight as Eviction Landlord

Kirsten Holmquist as Lionel's Girlfriend

Ana Mercedes as Spanish Woman

Larry Udy as Heckler at March

Richard Clarke Larsen as Homeless Man

Peach Manion as Catholic Worker Woman