With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life

by Rachel Bulman (Editor), Tracey Rowland (Foreword by)

Overview

“The feminine genius,” a term coined by Pope St. John Paul II, has become something of a buzzword in the Catholic world. But has the fullness of femininity been exhausted? 

This collection of seventeen essays, written by Catholic women of diverse backgrounds and vocations, is a call to pursue what is too often excluded from our picture of femininity: the intellectual life. Following Mary, the “Seat of Wisdom,” who “treasured” the words of the shepherds and “pondered them in her heart,” With All Her Mind shows how the feminine genius involves both affectivity and active intellectual engagement.

Full of practical advice and personal testimonies and featuring a foreword by celebrated scholar Tracey Rowland, this collection opens readers to the endlessly unique ways for a woman to follow the first and greatest commandment: to love the Lord with all her soul, with all her heart, and with all her mind. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781685780159
Publisher:	Word on Fire
Publication date:	09/12/2022
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Rachel Bulman is a lover of humanity, especially her husband and six children. Rachel is the editor of With All Her Mind: A Call to the Intellectual Life and will soon be releasing her first book, Becoming Wife: Self-Gift in Matrimony. She has written and hosted a television series for Catholic TV about Eucharistic miracles. She appears with her family in the show Meet the Bulmans currently airing on the Word on Fire Institute’s YouTube channel. She serves on the advisory board of The GIVEN Institute and frequently gives talks at retreats, conferences, and other gatherings. In her spare time, she enjoys reading a good book, lifting weights, and perfecting her old-fashioned cocktail recipe. 

Table of Contents

Foreword Tracey Rowland ix

Acknowledgments Rachel Bulman, editor xiii

Introduction Rachel Bulman, editor xv

Foundations of the Intellectual Life Sr. Josephine Garrett 1

The Virtues and the Intellectual Life Susanna Spencer 7

Healing and Knowing the Truth Sr. Miriam James Heidland 16

Saints and the Intellect Meg Hunter-Kilmer 21

Holy Boldness and the Feminine Mind Rachel Harkins Ullmann 30

Intellectual Life: From Theory to Practice Jackie Francois Angel 39

Becoming a Bibliophile Haley Stewart 46

An Integrated Mind and Heart Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble 53

Marriage, Motherhood, and the Mind Stephanie Gray Connors 61

Benedictine Spirituality and the Mysteries of God Elizabeth Scalia 69

The Vocation to Transformation Amanda Achtman 75

The Joy of Thinking Emily Stimpson Chapman 82

The School of Leisure Jennifer Frey 89

Pursuit in the Drudgery Leah Libresco Sargeant 98

The Feminine Intellect and Academia Holly Ordway 104

The Mind of Writing Tsh Oxenreider 113

Contributors 122

Editorial Reviews

Whoever may be the reader’s own heroines and exemplars of the feminine genius, I warmly commend this collection of essays by faithful Catholic women striving to put this gift of their creation at the service of the Church.

Tracey Rowland