Hidden Voices: Amma Syncletica and Amma Theodora 

Voices of the Desert Mothers This is the fifth post of my Hidden Voices of Women Writers from Church History. So far we have looked at the prison diary of Perpetua, the centos of Faltonia Betitia Proba and Empress Eudocia and the travel diary of Egeria. In this final post of women writers from theContinue reading “Hidden Voices: Amma Syncletica and Amma Theodora “

Hidden Voices

The Hidden Women in Church History in Their Own Words “No Woman’s Chit-Chat” – Argula von Grumbach A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at Solas Festival, near Perth, on the subject of women in Church history. As both a writer and a woman of faith, I have long been fascinated byContinue reading “Hidden Voices”

Hildegard of Bingen

Women of Church History I attended Scotland’s Solas Festival in June this year, and in the programme, I noticed a workshop titled Praying with Hildegard of Bingen: Where’s our Place in the Natural World? After a scathing comment from a friend, I was determined that, out of the whole festival, it was the one workshopContinue reading “Hildegard of Bingen”