Kudos to the Strong Woman (Mulier Fortis) who has made this metamorphosis of an ordinary altar visible cleverly to all of us. Why does this concern the Feminine Genius? We're back to "woman as icon of the Church" (yes, inevitably I'm a one-trick pony, I know!) There is a parallel here. Imagine, if you will as you watch this, the difference between a woman in a strappy t-top, skimpy bottom, and bare legs -- as opposed to folds of fabric, jewelry, and a careful presentation of face and hair. It needn't be expensive (as noted in the clip by the faux front and the clever use of shelves) but there is a decorum that can be gained even on the cheap that will provide a transformation of its own. Notice, also, the reverence of the priests and ministers towards the finished product. The altar bears a dignity that cannot be ignored.
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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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I really enjoyed this post too. It gives me hope that the everyday ugliness of most modern American Catholic churches will someday be transformed.
Posted by: LeeAnn | Friday, 13 April 2007 at 02:48 PM
Not only that, but I have confidence that even the beautiful churches that are not now aligned with Rome may have a [ahem] change of heart. That we all may be one!
Posted by: gsk | Friday, 13 April 2007 at 02:59 PM