A recent United Nations report offers a sobering assessment on the condition of women. "WOMAN'S WORKS IS NEVER DONE" is an adage that is...
Women in the church
When teaching Bible classes in parishes, I often begin with the question, “When I say ‘characters of the Bible,’ what names come to mind?” The consistency of...
There is an Apocryphal story in my family about my great-grandmother Philomena, who died when I was 12 or 13. Great-Grandma was a big TV watcher-soaps...
Is the church's "new feminism" a good fit? Last spring at the University of Notre Dame a heated debate about campus performances of the...
Third World women could be the new recruits in the global war on poverty. Since commodities first changed hands for cash, the women...
From 1978 to 2006 Sharon Daly tried to convince politicians to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and heal the sick through legislation. Fighting bureaucracy...
Despite terror that women are staging a coup de church, the numbers just don't add up. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to church, a new menace...
Faith can mean the difference between life and death for victims of domestic violence. Geri had been married for several years to a solid, hard-working man...
Leading off is Mother Teresa, followed by Mom and Catherine of Siena. Batting cleanup is Mary. Readers have chosen an all-star lineup of saints, nuns, family...
Scripture and traditional teachings can get in the way of victims' healing. Several of my female friends have shared with me the trauma they suffered as...
