Julia Walsh gives me hope for a future with religious women changing the world.
In this memoir, she writes honestly about feeling drawn to men and to sex, as well as what it means, in this age of self-discovery and hook-ups, for a young woman--physically Broken and still very much attracted to the world--to join a celibate, religious community.. is shrinking rapidly, so Walsh encounters a lot of curiosity about her choice.
What does it mean to exist as a Broken body? Why would a young woman dedicate herself to the Catholic Church--to a life as a Franciscan Sister--while others are leaving churches in droves? The number of women choosing to enter religious life across the U.
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For Love of the Broken Body is a story of pain, questioning, recovery, and discovery.
While working toward healing, she felt pulled to religious community life, but also toward unresolved feelings regarding her own sexuality, identity, and injustice.
At the age of 25, just a month into her novitiate as a Franciscan Sister, Julia Walsh fell from a cliff and became disfigured.
Readers will be moved to reflect on the universal human experiences of being Broken and the pull to be part of something bigger than themselves. --Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking and River of Fire A questioning novice nun\'s coming-of-age story.
Highly recommended.
She tells a story all her own, but I felt her doubts, questions, and passion each step of the way.
Julia Walsh gives me hope for a future with religious women changing the world
