Which Mary Should Catholic Women Follow?
COMMENTARY: Here’s a hint — it’s not feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft.
COMMENTARY: Here’s a hint — it’s not feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft.
‘We would probably need to make a 50-episode television series to do justice’ to the story of our ‘elder sister in the faith,’ said Eduardo Verástegui, during Women’s History Month.
COMMENTARY: The sad fact that some Catholics continue to clamor for a female priesthood shows how deeply the feminist agenda has infiltrated the Church in some circles.
Contrary to popular belief, the decline of women’s rights in history has always corresponded to a retreat of the Church within Western societies, especially from the Renaissance onwards, for the Church has been the most zealous advocate of women in history.
The event was organized in partnership with the GIVEN Institute, a ministry for Catholic women.
‘What does God want from me? Freedom. Freedom in knowing that God’s ways are beyond us, beyond our understanding. Freedom to know that God will do anything to bring us to him, even break our hearts, because the reward is so much greater...’
From encouragement for Catholic living to musings on cooking and the role of food among faith and fellowship, ladies will appreciate these selections as they add to this year’s to-read lists.
A recent study revealed that Church practices may lag behind its own teachings, but some Catholics are calling for change.
If readers come away remembering one thing, O’Leary wants them to believe and remember that “there's no one way, cookie-cutter way, to become a saint.”
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