The Catholic Mystique: Fourteen Women Find Fulfillment in the Catholic Church [Paperback]

Jennifer Ferrara (Author), Patricia Sodano Ireland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2004

There are Catholics and non-Catholics alike who take it as truth that the Catholic Church is no place for a self-respecting, intelligent woman. Small wonder they're sympathetic to the feminists who couldn't care less about the Church but, even so, relentlessly agitate for its complete restructuring... with women's ordination as the new centerpiece. Authors Jennifer Ferrara and Patricia Sodano Ireland disagree. Both were ordained Lutheran ministers. Both became Roman Catholics. The Catholic Mystique tells their stories - and the stories of more than a dozen other educated, articulate, accomplished women who found ultimate fulfillment in the Church. While the contributors to this book come from a wide variety of backgrounds, time and time again, it was the Church's clear and uncompromising stance on the sanctity of human life that first attracted a woman's attention, and then captured her heart.

Product Details

• Paperback: 299 pages
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931709912
• ISBN-13: 978-1931709910
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,379,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the Greatest Witness to the Catholic Faith!, March 30, 2004

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This is a great book containing the personal stories of fourteen women, many of whom were ministers or priests in other Christian Church's but left that behind in order to become Catholic. This meant the loss of their position!

What would lead fourteen highly educated women to leave their careers behind? This is what makes up The Catholic Mystique and makes it a page turner. I read through the whole book in one sitting!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Inspiring, June 5, 2004

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This book describes the faith journeys and struggles of 14 women who were lead by the Lord to the fullness of the Catholic Church. Reading the stories further enhanced my own appreciation for my Catholic faith. When reading this book I learned about the struggles of the authors and even more about my Catholic faith and the former faith traditions of the authors.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for the ladies, March 5, 2007

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Marshall Fritz (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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I love to read conversion stories of all types. These are some of the best. At 10-15 pages each, they are short enough to read at one sitting, yet long enough for the author to really tell her story.

Let me assure my fellow males, you will enjoy this book. It's not just for ladies.