Saint Dominic I woke up yesterday morning singing the song, Dominique (Dominique) , which you may remember was originally a French song, by the Belgian Singing Nun, Soeur Sourire, but I was singing the English version: “Never asking for reward He just talks about the Lord He just talks about the Lord” I knew that it was time I wrote another blog, and I knew what the subject had
Last night I watched the movie, Suffragette, about the brave young women who fought to acquire the vote for women in early twentieth century Britain. This movie really opened my eyes to the hardships which these women endured in order to bring about a better way of life for all future generations of women. Prior to watching the movie, although I had a vague knowledge of the Suffragette movement, I
I saw a post on facebook comparing what happened recently on a beach in Nice, France, with what happens on beaches in Iran. In Nice, men were forcing women to wear less clothing, whereas in Iran, men were forcing women to wear more clothing. The facebook post alluded that it is time that men stopped telling women what they can and can’t wear. I hadn’t previously heard about the burkini,
As I mentioned last week, I have been studying Feminist Theology. I gave some examples of the way in which Christian and Islamic texts have been used to subjugate women, and called for people of all faiths to stand up against oppression of and violence against women wherever they see it. I also said that, together, man and woman can create Heaven on Earth. I found that, shortly after writing
I started a new course this week at AIHT (American Institute of Holistic Theology) called Feminist Theology. I was speaking about it in my French class, and the teacher asked me why I wanted to do that course. I told her, as best I could in my limited French, that my reason was because there are lots of women living under oppression. I explained that the book I am reading