What better way to complete the Young Women of Grace: Embrace Your Femininity Study than by celebrating the gift of spiritual motherhood? The 13 young women from Christ the King parish in Chicago who took the course this year decided there was no better way to spend their last meeting together than by exercising this all-important feminine gift.
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Teen Girls Learn How to “Get Spirit Savvy!”
Women of Grace®, the nation’s leading Catholic women’s apostolate, is hosting a one-day Young Women of Grace® retreat for teen girls ages 13+. This fun-filled day is designed to help girls discover their feminine genius and learn how to use it to not just survive in this toxic culture, but to thrive in spite of it!
Want to Start a Young Women of Grace Group? Try These 8 Tips!
Spare time is a hot commodity for most teen girls. They cherish it and like to spend it doing fun things like chatting on social media, playing sports, and hanging out with their friends. The last thing they want to do in their off-hours is take another class. So if you’re interested in facilitating a Young Women of Grace group outside of school, here are a few tips to get you started.
Good Riddance to Miss America’s Swimsuit Competition
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The new all-woman leadership of the Miss America pageant has decided to draw more attention to the beauty of authentic femininity rather than women’s body parts by axing the swimsuit competition and doing away with the concept of judging contestants based on their physical appearance. What could be wrong with that?
International Women’s Day: We Need More than Just “Gender Parity”
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Today is International Women’s Day, a day aimed at celebrating mostly “progressive” ideas about the nature and worth of women, but that doesn’t mean this day has to be spent focusing on “gender parity.” Why not spend it on much deeper issues such as how we can change the sexual norms that are so disrespectful and disadvantageous to women?
Catholic Congresswomen Under Fire for Modesty Comments
Young Women of Grace Facilitators Share Innovative Class Ideas
Facilitators of a Young Women of Grace group are sharing innovative ways they used to make their classes come alive and as you can see, the girls are loving it!
“Pink Hat” Marchers to Converge on Detroit This Weekend
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Organizers of the infamous 2017 Women’s March are hosting a convention for women in Detroit this weekend where they will bring together leaders of the women’s rights and “progressive” movement and every day women – but the affair is already riddled with criticism and internal conflict.
Is a 45 Ft. Nude Female Statue Coming to DC?
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Activists who are hoping to start a conversation about violence against women are attempting to bring a 45 foot sculpture of a nude woman standing in a yoga pose from San Francisco to the National Mall in Washington DC where it will face the White House.
Women gather in sisterhood to grow, spread and witness faith
by Linda Reeves of The Florida Catholic Staff
The women gathered in the small conference room at St. Joan of Arc Parish Aug. 26 were graciously greeted by the meeting organizer, and then invited to make the sign of the cross after dipping their fingers in the holy water in a small bottle being circulated around the room.