Becoming Holy, One Virtue at a Time: A Guide to Living the Theological and Cardinal Virtues (Stay Connected Journals for Catholic Women)

Becoming Holy, One Virtue at a Time: A Guide to Living the Theological and Cardinal Virtues (Stay Connected Journals for Catholic Women)
Author: Sara Estabrooks
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781681925325

God calls each of us to become saints. That may seem daunting, but in Becoming Holy, One Virtue at a Time, Sara Estabrooks shows you how you can answer this call in your daily life. By drawing on Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, you will be enabled to seek virtue and pursue sainthood, starting now.

The Gift of Invitation

The Gift of Invitation
Author: Allison Gringas
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2019-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781681924991

Discover the seven powerful invitations Jesus extends to you and how accepting them can change your life. Perfect for individual or group study, the seven chapters includes reflections and scripture, with space for journaling.

Compendium

Compendium
Author: Catholic Church
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781574557251

As hunger for the faith continues to grow, Pope Benedict XVI gives the Catholic Church the food it seeks with 598 questions and answers in the

Living as a Beloved Daughter of God

Living as a Beloved Daughter of God
Author: Patricia Mitchell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Catholic women
ISBN: 9781593250522

This sixteen-session guide will help women grow in their relationship with God and with one another while deepening their understanding of the Catholic faith. Prayer, mercy, the Eucharist, forgiveness, friendship, emotions, stewardship, and other topics are explored alongside relevant passages from Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Book jacket.

Into the Deep

Into the Deep
Author: Abigail Rine Favale
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-10-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1532605021

Into the Deep traces one woman's spiritual odyssey from birthright evangelicalism through postmodern feminism and, ultimately, into the Roman Catholic Church. As a college student, Abigail Favale experienced a feminist awakening that reshaped her life and faith. A decade later, on the verge of atheism, she found herself entering the oldest male-helmed institution on the planet--the last place she expected to be. With humor and insight, the author describes her gradual exodus from Christian orthodoxy and surprising swerve into Catholicism. She writes candidly about grappling with wounds from her past, Catholic sexual morality, the male priesthood, and an interfaith marriage. Her vivid prose brings to life the wrenching tumult of conversion--a conversion that began after she entered the Church and began to pry open its mysteries. There, she discovered the startling beauty of a sacramental cosmos, a vision of reality that upended her notions of gender, sexuality, identity, and authority. Into the Deep is a thoroughly twenty-first-century conversion, a compelling account of recovering an ancient faith after a decade of doubt.

Magnify

Magnify
Author: Kaylene Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-12-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781652329916

Magnify is a book of reflections on virtues geared to deepen a woman's interior spiritual life, so that her exterior life magnifies the Lord. Each day begins with passages from scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, or the writings of female saints; then readers meditate upon a guided reflection. Women are asked to prayerfully take up an ascetic way of life for 3 months, to give more room to silence for listening to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. As we live a simpler life, we can more easily practice the virtues. The introduction offers particular mortifications to root out vices that so frequently blur our pursuit of holiness. This book is for all adult women, no matter her state in life, and may be read independently of the ascetic components.Virtues discussed are: humility, affability, gratitude, magnanimity, prayerfulness, docility, industriousness, zeal, modesty, moderation, foresight, and perseverance. Magnify was initially a response to Exodus 90, a valuable and worthy masculine spirituality endeavor, because women shouldn't do Exodus 90. But it's actually so much more than just that. It's a pursuit of virtue by meditating on the genius of women. God calls us all to be Saints. We women are invited in a particular way to Magnify the Lord like Mary! Prior knowledge of Exodus 90 is not at all relevant for a woman reading Magnify. More details can be found on mag90.com

Circle of Catholic Women-Journal One

Circle of Catholic Women-Journal One
Author: Karen Pavlicin
Publisher: Juloya
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781934617038

"...a choice pick for women of faith." -- Midwest Book Review Bookwatch Circle of Catholic Women is a journal series tailored to women seeking deeper spiritual connections and life balance. Through personal journaling and group sharing, women explore prayer, rituals and traditions, relationships, spiritual role models, values and beliefs, discernment, and more. Each journal in the series includes: -- sections on prayer, traditions, relationships, role models, values, discernment, and life balance -- Bible verses and references to Catholic documents and teachings -- journaling prompts to encourage deeper personal reflection and application to daily life -- group discussion questions and suggestions for group leaders --separate facilitator guide for added guidance and ideas for program leaders The series is nonsequential so participants may begin with any journal in the series. Journal One topics include : -- personal prayer practices -- family traditions for Catholic holidays -- seeing Jesus in relationships -- spiritual role models Mary and Mother Teresa -- money and wealth -- God's call over life's milestones; and -- mind-body-spirit connections Living Now Book Awards Silver for Best Spirituality Book

Clericalism

Clericalism
Author: George B. Wilson
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2017-06-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814639828

Searching for answers in the midst of the sexual abuse crisis in the church, many blamed the clerical culture. But what exactly is this clerical culture? We may know it when we see it, but how can we 'whether clergy or laypeople 'go about dismantling it and putting in place a new, healthy culture? George Wilson has spent decades working with organizations to help them discover, and often recover, their foundational calling. He is also a Jesuit priest engaged in the lives of congregations. In Clericalism: The Death of Priesthood he brings together both capacities and gives his sense of the challenges facing the church. As members of the church, Wilson maintains, we are all responsible for creating a clerical culture. And we are also responsible for that culture's transformation. Clericalism aids this transformation by helping us examine some underlying attitudes that create and preserve destructive relationships between ordained and laity. After looking at the crisis and establishing where we are now, this book challenges us with concrete suggestions for changing behaviors. We are lay and ordained, but all baptized into the royal priesthood of 1 Peter 2:9, all called to spread the Gospel and do the work of God's love in the world. Ultimately, this is a hopeful book, looking for the restoration of a genuine priesthood, free of clericalism, in which we become truly united in Christ..