John Paul II's "Genius of Woman," the True 'Sacred Feminine'

While many people seem to be taken up with a current 'sacred feminine' hulla-balloo, it's a good thing to remember that it's all happened before, and will all happen again (to paraphrase from Disney's version of Peter Pan). We have a treasure-trove of answers at our fingertips. Literally. Just a mouse-click away are the writings of John Paul II on the matter of the 'genius of woman' (some links provided here).

More later. This is the theme of the next talk discussing the sacred feminine in light of John Paul II's On the Dignity and Vocation of Woman, June 17.

John Paul II's "Genius of Woman," the True 'Sacred Feminine':
Trying to clarify the confusion of the Da Vinci Code's notion of the feminine
Outline:

• Men and women: to complement and complete, not compete
• Woman's role in the Church: apostles and leaders from the beginning
• Woman's role in the world ('women at large'): "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world" is a true saying.
• "To know, love, serve," in that order (the importance of studying, reading, taking to heart, passing it on)
• "Those who can, do...and teach": the dignity of woman via living it out in our lives

Photo (c) 2006 M. Datiles