I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. Psalm 55:6
Archives for June 2020
Next Step Gala and Hawaii Trip News!
Next Step 2020 Gala News!! Check it out!!
Next Step Gala 2020 Prizes and Hawaii Trip!
If you’re registered for our FREE VIRTUAL GALA event there will be another drawing for 2 more prizes this Friday June 12th! And congratulations to Lisa, and Rick and Mary, our winners from last week! Register today at: https://nssupport.org/event-details/
Be sure to place your bid on this fabulous trip! All proceeds in support of Next Step Pregnancy Services!
“What Does it mean to Empower Women?”
“The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.”
~ St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Pope John Paul II once described women’s unique capabilities as “feminine genius”. In his beautiful “Letter to Women” written from the Vatican in 1995 before he addressed the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, he went on to describe women as “having a particular and special sensitivity to the human person”.
Further he said, “A woman is strong because of the fact that God has entrusted the human being to her. It is this awareness of this entrusting that makes her strong.”
From the Vatican, 29 June 1995, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.
What a beautifully true sentiment. Women are strong. Women are resilient. Women are capable and always have been. The modern women do not seem to comprehend her own worth. Her own value and capacity for fulfillment and achievement. It is there. And has been.
“I do not wish to give (women) a first place, still less a second one- but the complete freedom to take their true place, whatever it may be.” ~ Elizabeth Blackwell
Pioneers of women’s rights knew it and fought for it. They shine a light to the world about what women could accomplish and should be recognized as. Fully functioning equals. Integral, valuable, resilient and full of promise.
It seems today a lot of what is churned out in the name of feminism is contrived, stony, and intolerant. Independence is pushed at the cost of connection. Self-sufficiency at the cost of nurturing. Toughness is encouraged as a replacement for tenderness. To terminate a child held in the womb is decreed a right.
No! This is a serious distortion on womanhood, and we all suffer as a result.
Again in the words of Blessed John Paul II, “the face of women the reflection of a beauty which mirrors the loftiest sentiments of which the human heart is capable: the self-offering totality of love; the strength that is capable of bearing the greatest sorrows; limitless fidelity and tireless devotion to work; the ability to combine penetrating intuition with words of support and encouragement. — Blessed John Paul II Redemptoris Mater (46)
2020 Gala Registration Prizes! Register Now!
Hello all! We’re in our Gala Month! If you have not already registered please do! You can register on this site under Events. Each week we will be drawing from our list of registered partners for a winner of some great local gift certificates! Who wouldn’t want a year of free Panera Bagels!?
Be sure to register and look for the winner announced each Friday leading up to the big event on Saturday June 20th at 7pm! We’ve got a great presentation planned with a virtual tour, praise, client stories and a dynamic talk by our own Patricia Sandoval, author of Transfigured! Look for our ads on Sacred Heart Radio as well as KCIS AM 630 – and an interview with Patricia!
