Comments for Amen, sisters! at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 19 May 2013 21:34:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/amen-sisters.html#comment-14129 It is so refreshing to read this! For a long time now, I've believed that the need for truly Catholic women to rally around an authentic feminism, outlined in JP2's 'Mulieris Dignitatem,' is as urgent as any other in our time. As women go, so will the world go. May the New Eve abundantly bless this endeavor! - Br. Timothy, O.P. Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:33:55 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/amen-sisters.html#comment-14113 Blessed John Paul II is indeed excellent company, as long as you are indeed in his company. - Achilles Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:36:40 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/amen-sisters.html#comment-14112 High praise for Goodwin's review on My Sisters, The Saints. Clearly, based on a few previous comments,no truer words were written when Goodwin notes that Campbell has a "passion to reframe the often-contentious private and public debates" in respect to the term feminism. With Blessed John Paul II defining the "new feminism", I would say Campbell is in very good company. I pray her book goes a long way to heal individual and collective wounds. - Donna Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:18:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/amen-sisters.html#comment-14108 I second Grahm Combs! I think trying to recover "feminizm" as a viable descriptor of womanhood might be similar to recovering "nazism" as a viable patriotism, ooops, did I just lose the arguement under Godwins eternal law? darn it! The difficulty with recovering such a term is the fact that it is built upon the shifting sands of the ego. One can not serve two masters. - Achilles Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:59:00 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/amen-sisters.html#comment-14082 I too am a fan of Mrs. Campbell's interviews. Perhaps it is inconsistent to criticize the acceptance of the terms feminist and feminism since the word Catholic often tells one little about what people believe and how they behave as American citizens and as men and women, fathers and mothers. But feminism is a tiresome and offensive word. Its sins are still fresh and numerous; its devastation all around us. Working class and working poor women -- many of whom do not grow up in intact families that offer the consolations of faith and stability -- will not surivive and rise above the toxic culture that surrounds them. They are easy prey to the utopian bloviations of professional politicians, pop women's studies experts, and even misguided religious and priests offering what they cannot deliver -- purpose, meaning, family, and faith as the collaterial benefits of social activism. What too many upper middle class experimenters don't understand is that many women don't have a wide margin for error; no one to catch them when they fall; no culture other than the thin soup of government social welfare and so called popular culture. Sorry but I'm not interested in reconciling the realities of feminism with Catholicism or morality or Constitutionalism. I believe in forgiveness but I'm still waiting to hear an apology from the worst feminist transgressors against true religion and basic decency. What American institution haven't they blighted with this self indulgent nonsense? Does Mrs. Campbell understand what it means to live with the consequences of other people's moral pollution and intellectual dishonesty? And what about the boys and men who endure the casual and thoughtless assault of feminist self-righteousness? - Graham Combs Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:47:28 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/amen-sisters.html#comment-14081 Thanks for reviewing this book, which I might not have seen mentioned elsewhere. There is a short video with the author on the Amazon.com page for the book. - Charles E Flynn Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:04:56 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/amen-sisters.html#comment-14075 Thanks, I have been a fan of Ms Cambell. Her interviews on EWTN are fantastic, look forward to ordering the book! Jack - Jack,CT Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:23:06 +0100