Rachel Coleman

3 weeks ago | ncregister.com | Jonathan Liedl |Erika Bachiochi |Rachel Coleman

All panelists at Notre Dame agreed about the value of the Church’s ongoing focus on the unique mission of women and the need to promote justice for women in society. Panelists discuss the connection between Catholicism and feminism at a recent Notre Dame conference. From left to right, Rachel Coleman, Deborah Savage, Leah Libresco Sargeant, Erika Bachiochi, Melissa Moschella, Helen Alvare, Abigail Favale and Angela Franks.

3 weeks ago | catholicnewsagency.com | Jonathan Liedl |Erika Bachiochi |Rachel Coleman

South Bend, Ind., Mar 31, 2025 / 07:00 am Should Catholics identify as “feminists?” A panel of prominent female Catholic thinkers explored the question at a recent conference at the University of Notre Dame dedicated to the Church’s teaching on women, with some speakers embracing the strategic use of the term while others expressed uncertainty.

Aug 1, 2024 | theicegarden.com | Rachel Coleman

Editor's Note: This story is brought to you by guest contributor Rachel Coleman. Sweden's SDHL is the top league in Europe and one of the few places outside North America where women can play professionally. The new season begins on September 13th, but before then let's take a look back at the 2023-24 season.

Feb 20, 2024 | theaquilareport.com | Rachel Coleman

Because women are the only members of the human species that bear children—that is to say, because women bear in themselves the future of humanity—if there is an attempt to change, foundationally and fundamentally, what it means to be human, the attempt will manifest first and most visibly in women.

Feb 13, 2024 | thepublicdiscourse.com | Rachel Coleman

It is not an overstatement to say that the question of sexual difference, and its counter-concept, gender, is among the most contentiously debated today. We should think about why the topic inspires such vitriol, but one possible reason is that everyone has skin in the game: to be human is to be either a man or a woman, and therefore, being human requires us to think about what it means to be a man or a woman.