Sister Edith Bogue speaks on "Feminism Genius and the Paradox of Feminism"

Sister Edith Bogue, OSB, will speak on "Feminine Genius and the Paradox of Feminism" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in the Burns Wellness Commons auditorium on The College of St. Scholastica campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Sister Edith is an associate professor of sociology and associate director of the Honors Program at St. Scholastica. She writes and speaks on issues such as the death penalty, the consistent ethic of life, the environment, and the bonds of family life.

Her interests, she says, focus on the intersections - and sometimes the seeming contradictions - of faith and social science.

Her presentation is a refinement of a paper delivered at the conference "Women and the Recovery of Culture" hosted last October by the Siena Symposium at the University of St. Thomas.

"The call for the greater inclusion of 'genius of women' was an oft-repeated theme in Pope John Paul II's many speeches and encyclicals (official letters)," she says. "In exploring the developing understanding of 'feminine genius,' this talk grapples with some of the enduring paradoxes of varieties of feminism."

Sister Edith received her doctorate in sociology and social work from the University of Michigan, her master's in social development from the University of Chicago, and a bachelor's degree in history from Carleton College.

Her talk is part of the "Here Comes Everybody" lecture series sponsored by the Braegelman Catholic Studies Program at St. Scholastica, which explores the Catholic intellectual tradition with students and the larger community. "Here Comes Everybody" takes its name from author James Joyce, who offered the phrase in his definition of Catholicism.

For more information contact The Rev. William Graham at (218) 723-6699.