tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post3264334277803297707..comments2024-03-28T23:20:45.447-04:00Comments on Girlfriends Book Club: Losing My Religion?Writer Wenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16730769794553260336noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-86625197257673657432012-02-19T14:07:40.342-05:002012-02-19T14:07:40.342-05:00Thanks everyone for your great thoughtful response...Thanks everyone for your great thoughtful responses! It's fascinating that the news cycle is focusing on the House committee on birth control...with no women on the committee and possibly no women's testimony allowed. What are they so afraid of?Sheila Curranhttp://www.sheilacurran.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-42711686896398937832012-02-18T09:11:41.121-05:002012-02-18T09:11:41.121-05:00I love this post and am so glad you gave a shout-o...I love this post and am so glad you gave a shout-out to Julianna Baggott and Mary Gordon, two magnificent writers.<br /><br />Thanks for your smart, candid thoughts, Sheila.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794791220323089387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-52209559927041278802012-02-17T13:45:57.581-05:002012-02-17T13:45:57.581-05:00Sheila,
I can really sympathize and even empathiz...Sheila, <br />I can really sympathize and even empathize. My grandmothers, too, both of them were devout Catholics. My father is the youngest of nine children. I went to Catholic School. I have loved the Catholic Church as much as a person can love anything. But I have also been so incredibly frustrated and angry about the actions of church officials. I don't know what I would call myself either, but I think it's fair to call myself faithful. Only that word means something different to me than it does to some of those in power. --LoriWriter Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17132727490865853286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-84310280410283433562012-02-17T13:35:25.288-05:002012-02-17T13:35:25.288-05:00Very thoughtful post. As a Catholic and a feminist...Very thoughtful post. As a Catholic and a feminist, I find this aspect of the church very hard to logically work out in myself, which could be why I ignore it and go with my heart. But, I wish wish wish the Catholic Church would grow up when it comes to gender and to sex. <br /><br />I walked away from a parish when the priest said the patriarchy does not exist in a homily and I am still steaming about him even saying that. Then, down the road at the next church, the priest there talked about the patriarchy and its effect on women in church history. I think these two examples reveal the differences from parish to parish. Without them, I might not go to mass. With them, I can find a place in the church I decided long ago I felt I belong to and I can actually belong there. Though I don't agree everything. And why should we? We are a lot of people. <br /><br />It is tough.LAWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893545711139634339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-85604438703050064642012-02-17T10:54:57.724-05:002012-02-17T10:54:57.724-05:00Hah! thanks guys for listening to my complaints!Hah! thanks guys for listening to my complaints!S. M. Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115275038465521768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-56748203493619705652012-02-17T10:36:31.969-05:002012-02-17T10:36:31.969-05:00As as resident Protestant, may I be so bold as to ...As as resident Protestant, may I be so bold as to comment? Great post, Sheila! Really interesting. I married a Catholic, the youngest of six. His mother was 29 when he was born; they were very devout. I oh so always wanted to ask, "So what happened after that..."Laura Spinellahttp://www.lauraspinella.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-59071670678315722632012-02-17T10:14:28.100-05:002012-02-17T10:14:28.100-05:00I recently attended my nephew's Catholic weddi...I recently attended my nephew's Catholic wedding, and was struck by the absurd irony of hearing a young, unmarried priest expounding on the essence of marriage. Your mother, on the other hand -- a wife for sixty-something years, the mother of ten -- now SHE would have had some insights worth hearing!Jon Jeffersonhttp://jonjeffersonauthor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-75749248116725522742012-02-17T08:31:43.968-05:002012-02-17T08:31:43.968-05:00Sheila, thank you for writing this.Sheila, thank you for writing this.Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.com