The F.U.N. Quotient… the be-who-you-are woman edition
Just for fun: The Hidden Traumas of Catholic Womanhood by Melissa Keating (H/T Sarah Reinhard)
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I’m on “Women of Grace” this week with Johnette Benkovic
It’s a honor to be a guest of Johnette Benkovic, host of Women of Grace on EWTN. Watch this series all this week at 11:00am Eastern on EWTN. You find archived on-demand shows here. Here’s an earlier post describing my visit to EWTN last fall.
Read MoreReprise: Woman, you are a gift! Respecting women respects life!!
Last year, on the anniversary of Roe vs Wade, and the March for Life, I penned this column as a summary of the beauty of womanhood, and her gift of maternity and it was featured in the online version of the Washington Post… Here it is in its entirety. Woman, you are a gift! From…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about the privilege of being a woman who has borne a child
The special role granted to women in procreation… is highlighted by the fact that as soon as she has conceived (and conception takes place hours after the marital embrace), God creates the soul of a new child in her body. This implies a “direct contact” between Him and the mother-to-be, a contact in which the…
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4 Magazines for Women: Verily, Regina, Catholic Digest, and Radiant
Tonight at 8pm Eastern, Verily Magazine is having a Twitter Party, according to their Facebook post celebrating their debut print edition. (Find it on Twitter: @verilymag, #VerilyParty) I’ve been watching the growth of Verily, from an online dream to an in-print magazine over the past year, and I’m very happy to see it’s growth, and its beautiful sense…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about the feminine soul
The soul of woman must therefore be expansive and open to all human beings; it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will be extinguished by stormy winds; warm so as not to benumb fragile buds; clear, so that no vermin will settle in dark corners and recesses; self-contained, so that no invasions…
Read MorePowerful wisdom from Emily Stimpson & Angela Franks – both recent guests on Among Women
While I’m busy in my own corner of the world launching a book to make the gift of womanhood and the feminine genius better known, I have to just stop and offer some praise for the genius of some of the bodacious –most excellent– writers and teachers I know who are doing the same. I…
Read MoreWoman, YOU are a gift! Encouragement for women in the Washington Post: an article by yours truly…
Here’s a snippet: Woman, you are a gift! From the first presentation of woman to man in the Garden of Eden, the gift of who you are is nothing less than “wow!” Your dignity comes from the gift of your being, and the gift of your being created feminine. Man saw your profound…
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