Angela Bonavoglia
 Angela Bonavoglia is nationally recognized for her writing about women’s issues and Catholic Church reform. In the wake of the 2002 priest sex abuse scandals, Bonavoglia’s article “The Church’s Tug of War,” a lead feature in The Nation, drew national attention to Catholic women’s unheralded roles as the leaders of the progressive Church reform movement in the United States. Those amazing and courageous women are the subject of Bonavoglia's explosive new book GOOD CATHOLIC GIRLS: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church. To buy this book: For links to progressive Catholic organizations featured in Good Catholic Girls, click here. (37 KB) Sample coverage of GOOD CATHOLIC GIRLS: "Author talks about women and change in the Catholic Church," Renee K. Gadoua, Syracuse Post-Standard, March 30, 2006. "Author Pushes for Change in the Church," Paula Voell, Buffalo News, March 25, 2006 "The Social Edge Interview: Author Angela Bonavoglia," Gerry Mc Carthy, February 2006, www.thesocialedge.com. "Another Kind of Catholic: Breakaway Groups Reject Vatican teachings on issues such as priestly celibacy and divorce," Alexandra Alter, Miami Herald, February 25, 2006. "A Belief in Change," Eileen McNamara,The Boston Globe, April 27, 2005. "Women Expect Little Change on Core Issues," Lisa Anderson, Chicago Tribune, April 28, 2005. "Some Women Feel Deep Wariness Toward New Pope," Denise Santiago, Rochster Democrat & Chronicle, April 22, 2005. "Women watching papal conclave...from the sidelines," William Bunch, Philly Daily News, April 18, 2005. "Catholics Hope for Progressive Pope," Gary Soulsman, the Delaware News Journal, Aprl 17, 2005. "Prospective Pontiffs Span Globe," Julia Duin, The Washington Times, April 3, 2005 |
GOOD CATHOLIC GIRLS AUTHOR ON THE POPE'S VISIT TO AMERICAWOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER: "Benedict in America: The Man Show" THE NATION ON THE WEB: "Does the Pope Care About Workers' Rights?" AT HUFFINGTON POST: "Women and the Church--Catholicism's Original Sin" Read all of Angela's Huffington Post blogs SPEAKING TO CHURCH REFORMERS: "Love and Valor: Women and the Struggle to Change the Church" Westchester NY Voice of the Faithful Monday, 4/ Larchmont Avenue Church 60 Forrest Park Avenue Larchmont, NY  PRAISE FOR GOOD CATHOLIC GIRLS --Booklist Pick: “One of top ten women’s history books of 2005” “These stories remain vivid for the reader long after the book is finished. They provide access to the real world of Catholic women’s lived religion, so far from the abstract, idealized woman of the papal documents...Bonavoglia’s book belongs in our classrooms and our libraries.” Journal of American Catholic Studies "[A]compelling account of what dedicated Catholic women are accomplishing for the church they love." --Publishers Weekly "These astonishingly diverse women...are representative of the breadth and variety of this progressive revolution...[Their] calls for reform...make good common and spiritual sense." --Booklist "Worth Reading...Bonavoglia traces the growth of Catholic feminism and church reform, and profiles nuns, women church leaders, and lay women who have and still are pushing for change." --Chicago Tribune "Detailed and well-documented....Takes a fresh look at the post-sexual-scandal church and finds the landscape both familiar and surprising." Sally Cunneen --National Catholic Reporter "[A]thoughtful, coherent and impassioned call for answers to some of the most pressing questions facing the Catholic Church today." --Dallas Morning News "These good, Catholic girls embolden the vision of inclusivity and animate the very word 'Christian.' Bonavoglia deftly interprets the law of conscience articulated in the Constitution on the Church in the Modern World: 'For woman has in her heart a law written by God; to obey it is the very dignity of woman; according to it, she will be judged.' Dignity restored is what Good Catholic Girls is all about." Peggie Thorp --In the Vineyard, March 2005 Read full review Voice of the Faithful "Reading all the stories as Bonavoglia stitched them together reminded me of some of the best parts of being Catholic...Equally important...she tells the hard truths that will be critical for church renewal [and] shows the steadfast and valiant women who have already laid the foundation for those reforms. Every adult Catholic needs to read this book." Diana Wear --New Women, New Church "The book is an example of the high calling of the good journalist...where writers are unafraid to insert personal conviction into sound reporting. Who, now, is to write the account of good Canadian Catholic girls?" Rosemary Ganley --Catholic New Times "With Good Catholic Girls, Bonavoglia vividly demonstrates that you truly can't keep a good girl down." Ann Farmer www.voices-unabridged.org |
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