Catholics ought to be loud and proud in the fight for women’s rights, argues a young feminist. I still remember the first time I heard a friend utter the...
Women in the church
What do non-evangelicals think of evangelical dating culture? My students were shocked when they read evangelical books on dating. The idea that you would know...
As a feminist, how do you react to sexualized theme parties? I found out about theme parties when I was teaching a course on women and spirituality. We were...
Sister Catherine Bertrand, S.S.N.D. entered religious life on a dare. "It was either that or the Peace Corps." After 25 years she continues to be...
Thenaming in 1997 of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux as a "Doctor of the church" by Pope John Paul II caused Catholics around the...
Mother's day is hard. Baptisms are really hard. Christmas, with all its talk of the birth of baby Jesus, isn't exactly a happy occasion either. Church...
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...
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...
