Discovering the Feminine Genius: Every Woman’s Journey
Overview
Explore the unique creative abilities of women, and their distinctive call to make a gift of self. Drawing from John Paul II’s theology of the body, and her own life experiences, Katrina J. Zeno shares her insights into the human and spiritual journey of women.
Discovering the Feminine Genius presents a framework in which women can discover and understand their human and spiritual journey as a daughter of God, a woman, a unique individual, and spouse of the Spirit. Katrina Zeno, renowned speaker on the theology of the body, explores the role of women in our complex world and explains the concept of the feminine genius.
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- Analyzes the human and spiritual journey of women
- Explores the role of women in the modern world
- Draws on John Paul II’s theology of the body
- First a Daughter, Then a Bride
- Why Male and Female?
- The Feminine Genius
- Sin and the Spousal Meaning of the Body
- Weaving a Tapestry of Life
- The Spouse of the Spirit
- What about the Men?
- Women Priests: Why Not?
- Women in the Third Millennium
Top Highlights
“‘We’re made from one nature, embodied in two ways, for the purpose of union and communion through a sincere and fruitful gift of self.’” (Page 31)
“ spiritual motherhood, and it means nurturing the emotional, moral, cultural, and spiritual life of others.” (Page 38)
“Spiritual priesthood, then, is the male counterpart to spiritual motherhood. While some men are called to the ordained priesthood, every man, without exception, is called to spiritual priesthood because priesthood is knit into the very structure of a man’s being. He offers his body and blood so others can draw closer to God. His life is a sacrificial offering not for material comfort, status, or power, but to purify his family, wife, neighborhood, and workplace of sin and its effects.” (Page 128)
“The reason is union. When we look at the male and female body, we can’t help but notice that they go together, that they are made for union. This bodily reality opens our eyes to a spiritual reality—the reality that we are made for union and communion with God and others through a sincere gift of self.” (Page 30)
“that the nature of the male is not passivity or power but priestly.” (Page 126)
When people are seeking that one book that most simply and practically applies the principles of the theology of the body to the world of male-female relationships, I point them to Discovering the Feminine Genius.
—Thomas J. Loya, radio host, A Body of Truth and Light of the East Radio
From the moment I met Katrina Zeno, I knew she would bring her own feminine genius to bear in promoting John Paul II’s theology of the body—Oh, how much the Church needs her gifts! . . . [This] is not only a must-read for women. Men, too, will benefit from her beautiful illumination of the feminine mystery.
—Christopher West, cofounder, Theology of the Body Institute
- Title: Discovering the Feminine Genius: Every Woman’s Journey
- Author: Katrina J. Zeno
- Publisher: Pauline Books & Media
- Publication Date: 2010
- Pages: 176
- Christian Group: Catholic
- Resource Type: Monographs
- Topic: Theology
Katrina J. Zeno is cofounder of Women of the Third Millennium and the founding coordinator of the John Paul II Resource Center for the diocese of Phoenix, Arizona. A popular retreat speaker, she is the author of The Body Reveals God: A Guided Study of Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body and When Life Doesn’t Go Your Way.