Issue I.I: Uncharted (Individual Issue)
The inaugural issue of The Better Part (individual issue, not subscription).
*Please note: We cannot ship this item internationally due to high shipping costs. Please contact editor@thebetterpartjournal.com for individual international copies.
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
For domestic purchases, tracking information will come from JGB Publishings, the owner and publisher of the journal.
The inaugural issue of The Better Part (individual issue, not subscription).
*Please note: We cannot ship this item internationally due to high shipping costs. Please contact editor@thebetterpartjournal.com for individual international copies.
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
For domestic purchases, tracking information will come from JGB Publishings, the owner and publisher of the journal.