The Women Doctors of the Church

Our vocation is love. “Trying to do it all” Today’s women show the effects of stress

and fatigue. The feminine genius calls us to balance our lives. It is imperative that

we address these issues as Catholic women. The authors of the Arlington Diocese

Council of Catholic Women have prayerfully arranged this collection of spiritual

exercises and reflections based on the teachings of the four women doctors of the

Church. Beginning with a homily entitled “Women in the New Evangelization”;

Arlington Diocese Bishop Loverde inspires women who read these workbooks.

Workbook One:

A Guide for Spiritual Growth Using the Teachings of the Three Women

Doctors of the Church: St. Teresa of Avila, St. Catherine of Siena, and St.

Thérèse of Lisieux

To order copies, please visit www.lulu.com/shop

Workbook Two:

Spirit Filled ~ St. Hildegard of Bingen Our Vocation is Love

To order copies, please email arlingtondioceseccw@gmail.com

Companion Guide:

Spirit Filled ~ A workbook to accompany Paths for Spiritual Growth:

Reflections on the Women Doctors of the Church (St. Teresa of Ávila, St.

Catherine of Siena, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and Hildegard of Bingen)

Free Copies provided at The Women Doctors of the Church Presentations

How can you bring the Women Doctors of the Church Program to your parish or

women’s group?

Email:

 Liz Schiavone at eschiavone@msn.com

 ADCCW at arlingtondiocesanccw@gmail.com

Details:

 The Women Doctors of the Church is a free program offered to

parishes throughout the Diocese of Arlington.

 A typical Women Doctors presentation lasts about 90 minutes.

 While ADCCW doesn’t have a set schedule per se, the first speaker

covers Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, and Therese of Lisieux.

The second speaker covers Hildegard of Bingen. The presentations

are of about equal length--20-25 minutes each--but the feedback we

received while developing Hildegard was that women wanted to know

more about her. (However, this schedule can be altered depending on

what you would like to have featured.)

 There are discussion starters/things to ponder for each presentation,

and we typically take a 10-15-minute break between them.

 Workbooks One and Two cost $10 a piece to cover the cost of

printing. To order, see details above.

 The ADCCW is excited to share with you the new free "leave behind"

companion guide that the we have created. It is completely based on

the content that the Diocese of Arlington approved for the

presentations. You will find the discussion questions for each within

the companion guides. The plan is to bring enough to each

presentation that the attendees can receive the companion guide at the

beginning; that way, they don’t have to scribble down the questions,

timeline or resources.

The Arlington Diocese Council of Catholic Women looks forward to hearing from

you and learning together from these amazing Doctors of the Church!