Issue I.I: Uncharted (Individual Issue)
The inaugural issue of The Better Part (individual issue, not subscription).
At His feet.. Editorial
Ecclesial and Intellectual Foundations
-Jody Benson clarifies the purpose of the intellectual life in “Finding the Heart of the Intellectual Life.”
-Caitlin Bootsma examines Mulieris Dignitatem in “A Gift to the World: The Feminine Genius.”
-Women of all Backgrounds Reflect on the feminine genius in “The Symposium.”
-Dr. Mary Catherine Sommers discusses the difference between “female” and “woman.”
-Victoria Cardona addresses the role of a faithful woman in “Ecclesial Feminism: Why the Church Needs a Feminine Voice".”
-Dr. Stacy Trasancos examines the natural world and belief in God in “Faith in the Formula.”Disruptions and Discernment
-Mary Rice Hasson, J.D., critique’s the culture in “Fidelity Without Fear.”
-Katie Marquette critiques the desire of wanting it all in “Sylvia Plath and Wanting It All.”
-Kathy West laments the loss of a shared literary inheritance in “A Lost Inheritance.”
-Briley Higginbotham address visual violence in “Visual Violence, Storytelling, and Changing the Narrative.”
-Hannah Rowan discusses the GLP-1 craze in “The Tyranny of Appetite and the Courage to be Filled.”Witness and Vocation
-Victoria Mastrangelo discusses the lifelong task of womanhood in “Woman, Becoming.”
-Aurora Pomales discusses the single vocation in “Single Life is Not a Placeholder.”
-Bridget McCartney Nohara addresses fertility in “The Labyrinth.”
-Betsy K Brown shares the stories behind her poems in “Motherhood, Poetry, and Prayer.”Imagination and Becoming
-Amanda Jay MacMurtrie offers a reflection in mosaic in “Unfinished.”
-Holly Guertin discusses conversion and the relationship between the shepherd and his sheep in “The Work of Our Hands.”
-Tamara Nicholl-Smith and Suzanne Underwood Rhodes share life and poetry in “Poet2Poet.”
-Katy Carl compares beauty and the sublime in “The True, the Good, and the Terrible.”An Offering
-Shemaiah Gonzalez reminds us to seek joy in every moment in “Cultivating Joy.”
-Sequoia Sierra hails the beauty of silence in “A Culture of Beauty.”
-Simone Rizkallah offers a quiet prayer in “Litany of Leisure.”
-Carole McHale ponders Mary’s role in the Last Supper in “Marginalia.”
-Heidi Bollich-Erne speaks with a Vatican Diplomat regarding the dignity of woman in “Hope at Threshold: The Wisdom of the Church.”
Featured Art:
The Years of My Pilgrimage: Grace Carol Bomer
The Gardener: Grace Carol Bomer
St. John Paul II: Erin McAtee
Passage to Bethlehem: Erin McAtee
172 pages; perfect bound; soft-touch vinyl cover
The inaugural issue of The Better Part (individual issue, not subscription).
At His feet.. Editorial
Ecclesial and Intellectual Foundations
-Jody Benson clarifies the purpose of the intellectual life in “Finding the Heart of the Intellectual Life.”
-Caitlin Bootsma examines Mulieris Dignitatem in “A Gift to the World: The Feminine Genius.”
-Women of all Backgrounds Reflect on the feminine genius in “The Symposium.”
-Dr. Mary Catherine Sommers discusses the difference between “female” and “woman.”
-Victoria Cardona addresses the role of a faithful woman in “Ecclesial Feminism: Why the Church Needs a Feminine Voice".”
-Dr. Stacy Trasancos examines the natural world and belief in God in “Faith in the Formula.”Disruptions and Discernment
-Mary Rice Hasson, J.D., critique’s the culture in “Fidelity Without Fear.”
-Katie Marquette critiques the desire of wanting it all in “Sylvia Plath and Wanting It All.”
-Kathy West laments the loss of a shared literary inheritance in “A Lost Inheritance.”
-Briley Higginbotham address visual violence in “Visual Violence, Storytelling, and Changing the Narrative.”
-Hannah Rowan discusses the GLP-1 craze in “The Tyranny of Appetite and the Courage to be Filled.”Witness and Vocation
-Victoria Mastrangelo discusses the lifelong task of womanhood in “Woman, Becoming.”
-Aurora Pomales discusses the single vocation in “Single Life is Not a Placeholder.”
-Bridget McCartney Nohara addresses fertility in “The Labyrinth.”
-Betsy K Brown shares the stories behind her poems in “Motherhood, Poetry, and Prayer.”Imagination and Becoming
-Amanda Jay MacMurtrie offers a reflection in mosaic in “Unfinished.”
-Holly Guertin discusses conversion and the relationship between the shepherd and his sheep in “The Work of Our Hands.”
-Tamara Nicholl-Smith and Suzanne Underwood Rhodes share life and poetry in “Poet2Poet.”
-Katy Carl compares beauty and the sublime in “The True, the Good, and the Terrible.”An Offering
-Shemaiah Gonzalez reminds us to seek joy in every moment in “Cultivating Joy.”
-Sequoia Sierra hails the beauty of silence in “A Culture of Beauty.”
-Simone Rizkallah offers a quiet prayer in “Litany of Leisure.”
-Carole McHale ponders Mary’s role in the Last Supper in “Marginalia.”
-Heidi Bollich-Erne speaks with a Vatican Diplomat regarding the dignity of woman in “Hope at Threshold: The Wisdom of the Church.”
Featured Art:
The Years of My Pilgrimage: Grace Carol Bomer
The Gardener: Grace Carol Bomer
St. John Paul II: Erin McAtee
Passage to Bethlehem: Erin McAtee
172 pages; perfect bound; soft-touch vinyl cover