Following World War II, millions of U.S. Catholics were poised to attain the American dream, while at Vatican Council II, the liberal vision of the church seemed finally to triumph. Yet by the end of the twentieth century, American Catholicism was in crisis, plagued by grave ideological divisions; a dwindling pool of priests, nuns, and monks; and declining financial resources. What went wrong? In Tracing the Sign of the Cross, Marian Ronan identifies the roots of this crisis in an inability on the part of American Catholics to mourn a variety of losses suffered in the last third of...
Following World War II, millions of U.S. Catholics were poised to attain the American dream, while at Vatican Council II, the liberal vision of the ch...
In April of 2012 the Vatican issued a harsh "doctrinal assessment" of the largest organization of Catholic sisters in the U.S., the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The "assessment" was the culmination of a three-year investigation. Simultaneously, the Vatican had been conducting a visitation of 340 active (non-cloistered) congregations of U.S sisters. What do these developments mean?
This is the question Catholic scholar and activist Marian Ronan sets out to answer in "Sister Trouble: The Vatican, the Bishops, and the Nuns," her galvanizing collection of articles about the...
In April of 2012 the Vatican issued a harsh "doctrinal assessment" of the largest organization of Catholic sisters in the U.S., the Leadership Conf...
This unique handbook combines the theory and practice of the celebration of Sophia-whose name literally means "wisdom"-in one indispensable volume. In this new edition of Wisdom's Feast, the authors combine exercises, liturgies, sermons, study guides, prayers and meditations to create the first book of its kind-one that provides for experiencing Sophia in a ritual setting. Wisdom's Feast includes: An introduction to Sophia Activities for women's groups, churches and academic settings Exercises on the most prominent Sophia themes in the Bible Meditations and sermons A comparative study of the...
This unique handbook combines the theory and practice of the celebration of Sophia-whose name literally means "wisdom"-in one indispensable volume. In...
