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  • How exciting! Genevieve's first book, The Authentic Catholic Woman, is available from Servant Books now by calling 800-488-0488. With a forward by Christopher West, this work offers a spiritual and practical outline to help all women understand God's plan for their lives.
  • From Father Roger Landry:
    "Genevieve Kineke does all of us a great service in this important new book. Through her profound yet clear exposition of the authentic femininity of the Church as the paradigm for Catholic women today, she not only provides concrete, practical help for women seeking holiness amidst the joys and struggles of married, religious or single life, but provides all Catholics, men and women, with a much deeper understanding of what the Church is and how we, in the Church, are called to respond to Christ and others. This book will nourish every disciple."

Speaking Engagements

  • Archdiocese of Atlanta
    Women's retreat November 6-7, 2009
  • WINGS -- Sacred Heart Parish
    Middleborough, MA 9:30am
  • April 25th, 2009 Los Angeles, CA
    Day of Reflection sponsored by the Women of the Blessed Sacrament
  • March 21st, 2009 Bloomsbury, NJ
    Day of Reflection sponsored by the Sisters of Jesus our Hope
  • January 17th, 2009 Greenville, NC
    Saint Peter's--Women's Retreat
  • Contact info
    Kindly email me at gskineke [at] gmail.com for me to speak to your parish or women's group.

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    • General intention: "That the word of God may be better known, welcomed and lived as the source of freedom and joy."
    • Missionary Intention: "That Christians in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, who often meet with great difficulties, may not be discouraged from announcing the Gospel to their brothers, trusting in the strength of the Holy Spirit."
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    • From Benedict XVI
      “People have realized that the complete removal of the feminine element from the Christian message is a shortcoming from an anthropological viewpoint. It is theologically and anthropologically important for woman to be at the center of Christianity."
    • Anger and Patrimony (from Donna)
      This is just another of the unintended consequences of the cultural acceptance of contraception and abortion! Men's sexuality has been robbed of its creative essence. It is now viewed as something that imposes a burden on women (when conception happens to occur), something used to control women or something that is purely recreational. Why would men bother?? In taking away their responsibility, we've also robbed them of their significance! In the big picture of humanity, men have been made into nothing more than a nuisance women have to figure out how to control in order to bring about the next generation. Men don't see it as their task to protect the vulnerable because they see themselves as the vulnerable ones. A few well preserved vials of sperm would make men entirely obsolete in the world's ethos today!!
    • Excellent, Dom! (from Teresa)
      That is astounding Robin, and good for you for standing up. At the heart of that matter, I think, is even worse than a gender mixing message. There is an increased sharper and sharper focus on the "self." Solid Catholic teaching returns our focus away from ourselves to Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The original sin, Eve denied her womanhood when she desired to be like "gods." Since the only god she knew was the Father. Where was Adam? He stood impotent... in other words, they were divorced. There's a young girl at Robin's son's high school who was just told that she is the center of the universe and it's a tragic disservice to her.
    • Find the logic (from "me")
      Ditto what Mary said! A lot of high schools have very poor math and science depts, for boys and girls. I also am educated as a chemical engineer, but chose to teach the two years before we had children because its hours were more suited to spending time with children. (I was looking ahead). When it came time and I was pregnant with our first, I realized that I did not want to leave him with someone else, and was able to stay home full time. I am not sure it would have been that easy if we were used to another engineering income and not just a private school teacher income. Also some of my first job offers were out on oil rigs - I had no interest in that at all even though I enjoyed my engineering classes and did well in them. No one discouraged me from an engineering job, on the contrary I got a lot of flack for my decision not to pursue an engineering career.
    • Find the logic (from Mary)
      I've been lurking, but this is one that irritates me. Beats the heck out of me what these "barriers" are. I was educated as a chemical engineer, where 1/3 of our class was women. However, in electrical engineering, only 1 or 2 out of 30 were women. Is it possible that women are Just Not Interested in some areas? Nah, it must be The Man keeping us down so we must legislate (and, I agree -- when they say "legistlate", I hear "quota"). And actually, I have a friend that was also a chemical engineer. When she lost her job, she decided not to go back into engineering and started working from home so she could spend more time with her 3 kids. Also, if nothing else, there are all kinds of incentives for women to enter science and engineering -- scholarships not available to men, guaranteed housing on campuses that do not guarantee housing to the general population, etc. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that schools in general are not preparing students for the hard sciences. It is truly a sad state of affairs, the lack of science education these days.

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    Relevant radio

    I'll be on Relevant Radio for about 45 minutes beginning later this afternoon at 5:30. Mark Armstrong and I will be talking about rebuilding the culture through motherhood. If you don't get it in your area, it looks like you listen over the internet (as you prepare that transformative dinner!)

    UPDATE: Half-way through hour three of the Drew Mariani Show.

    Posted by gsk on Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 04:21 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    Great white north

    Headed to Toronto to do an interview for Salt and Light.

    Posted by gsk on Monday, 22 June 2009 at 08:34 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    Reminder

    I'll be giving a talk in Plymouth Michigan this Friday evening. Information here. To be that close to the real news is exciting -- since the Wings have a chance to clinch it tonight. Talk about a thrill!

    Posted by gsk on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 at 04:09 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    Calendar item

    Nothing like a last-minute notice, but I will be here in NJ this weekend. Looks like a lovely day -- I hope to "retreat" myself, even in the business of giving the talks. I'm sure God will work His wonders!

    Nota bene: Any group of women could arrange such an event, using a variety of formats -- simply contact me at gskineke [at] yahoo [dot] com.

    Posted by gsk on Thursday, 19 March 2009 at 01:04 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    Yours truly

    Evidently my conversation with Doug Keck aired recently on EWTN. Since the original site is not working, I've uploaded the file from my archives. Give this a try.

    Posted by gsk on Tuesday, 02 December 2008 at 10:05 AM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    Heads up in NC

    Just a note to alert women that I will be speaking at an all-day retreat in Greenville in January (details on the right column of blog). Odds are that any weather I find there will be warmer than what I leave in New England. I'm very much looking forward to this lovely event.

    Posted by gsk on Wednesday, 12 November 2008 at 05:27 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    Listener alert

    This morning, I'll be on Ave Maria Radio with Teresa Tomeo at 10:30am EST (Sorry--I just figured out that Michigan operates in an alternative-time universe!) We'll be talking about this article at Catholic Exchange. It's had a very good response, beyond the normal readership. I was worried that I threw too many disparate ideas into it, but readers seemed to get it. Tune in shortly!

    Posted by gsk on Wednesday, 24 September 2008 at 04:35 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    Programming note

    This month, "Faith and Culture" host Colleen Carroll Campbell interviews Teresa Tomeo, Dale O'Leary, Genevieve Kineke, Donna MarieCooper O'Boyle, and Elizabeth Kirk--all of whom were delegates at the Rome Congress (Feb '08) dedicated to the 20th anniversary of John Paul the Second's Letter to Women "Mulieris Dignitatem."

    Here are the dates you can expect to catch the shows on TV:

    • August 3 and 6: Women's Roundtable on Mulieris Dignitatem; episode one (Dale, Genevieve, Elizabeth)
    • August 10 and 13: Women's Roundtable on Mulieris Dignitatem; episode two (Dale, Genevieve, Teresa)
    • August 17 and 20: Women's Roundtable on Mulieris Dignitatem; episode three (Genevieve, Elizabeth, Donna)
    • August 24 and 27: Women's Roundtable on Mulieris Dignitatem; episode four (Teresa, Donna, Elizabeth)

    Here is the website dedicated to the event, and here's a site to inspire you to plan your own observance.

    Posted by gsk on Thursday, 31 July 2008 at 10:25 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    DVD available

    A recent hour-long episode of Living His Life Abundantly has been made available online. It is airing this week, though you need to find it on the ewtn schedule in your area. I enjoyed the conversation, despite my serious face. Always trying to keep up (mentally) when age is offering a serious "push-back" I simply had to focus in order not to lose track.

    Posted by gsk on Wednesday, 11 June 2008 at 06:49 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

    Heading out

    Date: May 3, 2008
    Celebrating the Dignity And Vocation Of Women: A Day of Reflection

    Location: Cardinal Keeler Conference Center, Harrisburgh, PA
    Sponsor: Diocese of Harrisburg
    Details: Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, Celebrant and homelist; Helen Alvare and Genevieve Kineke presenting.

    Any good souls with the time to comment on an essential topic, please help out Amy here.

    Posted by gsk on Friday, 02 May 2008 at 02:25 PM in Engagements | | Comments (0)

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