Saturday, July 18, 2020

An Interview About My New Book, "The Holiness of Womanhood"

I was blessed to spend an hour this morning speaking with Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson, who is the Chief Academic Officer, Academic Dean of Online Learning and Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology at Holy Apostles College & Seminary, as well as the host of a WCAT radio program called "Author to Author." It was especially fun this morning talking with her about my new book, "The Holiness of Womanhood", considering that she is a former radical feminist (in a negative way) before converting to Catholicism, learning the true teachings of the Catholic Church and eventually becoming a theologian. It was amazing to hear how seeing a statue of Our Lady of Sorrows in Rome turned her heart to the Church. I, too, have prayed at the feet of that exact statue. And it is so beautiful to see how Our Mother's Tears, once again, drew a wayward daughter back to the Heart of Her Son's Church. We discovered that our circle of friends overlapped quite a bit -and I was especially excited to hear that she knew Professor Ralph McInerny well (who was the impetus behind my original work on the vocation of women).
In this interview I explain the history behind my writing of this book, as well as a summary of each of the chapters. We speak about the state of the world and the heart of modern women as well. She was particularly touched by my artwork -both the icon on the cover of the Immaculate (and Sorrowful) Heart of Mary and the icon on the front page (of the Infant Maria Bambina surrounded by the Desert Rose tree -a tree that has fierce roots and a thick trunk growing to be 10-15 feet tall in the desert before blooming forth wonderful flowers. Our Lady, too, had to have profound roots of Her Heart in God in order to blossom forth such miraculous love in our desert world).
Please LISTEN to this interview and SHARE it with anyone who might be interested. And please order your own copy of the book at this link (it is still 30% off pre-order this weekend):

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