The Kind of Crap the Joliet Diocese is STILL Advocating

The author of the following gobbly-gook crap is currently scheduled to run a seminar in MY diocese! Bishop Sartain please rid us of the wolves among us and shepherd your flock!


...In my poetry book, particularly in the title poem, I present different images of the Woman Dreamer ranging from the Neolithic priestess to female versions of the biblical characters Joseph, Jonah and Daniel. This Woman Dreamer is a woman of passion, insight and courage. The status quo tries to silence her but she is relentless in her spiritual odyssey; to go on her journey, she has to embrace a new world order of possibilities. When the voice of patriarchy has said, “Know your place, keep silence; accept your inferiority and limitations,” this Woman Dreamer has defied this spiritual death sentence and has instead embraced her own authenticity and giftedness. She knows that with God’s help, all things are possible: no dream is too extravagantly wonderful. All she must do is tend the dream within, refusing to let others extinguish it. The Woman Dreamer refuses to be bound and trapped buy others’ lies. When the status quo trieds to hold her back, bind her to rigid roles, limit her access to places of influence and convince her that she is less than she is, she protests. When the status quo demands conformity, compliance, and self-effacement, she refuses to cooperate, She is to be found wherever women have claimed their own dignity – in the Mothers of the Disappeared in Central American countries, in Mothers Against Drunk Drivers; in women who have been involved in peace initiatives; in women who have worked for better wages, working conditions and labour relations; in women who have claimed their place in the church…The Woman Dreamer dares dream a dream of peace and a new world order in which Mother Earth is venerated and given the respect she deserves… She is Mother Eve, Sarah, Haggai, Miriam, Judith, Esther, Deborah. She is Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, the disciple of Jesus; she is Claire of Assisi and Teresa of Avila, she is Joan of Arc and Julian of Norwich; she is Dorothy Day and Rosa Parks, Kasturbai (wife of Gandhi), Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, Cindy Sheehan, Oprah Winfrey and—potentially, you and me!