St. John Paul II propelled the Church into a new era of fruitful
contemplation about the dignity and value of women, often reiterating
how women -- specifically as women -- reveal the image of God in the
world. But his final contribution to that topic may be his most
profound. Just months before he passed into eternity, he summed up his
decades of teaching on the topic: "To you, women, falls the task of
being sentinels of the Invisible!"
In these eye-opening pages, author Melissa Maleski shows how this final
bold admonition succinctly embodies the Catholic Church's entire,
consistent vision of women as powerful, vital agents for good. Drawing
not only on the works of John Paul II and on those of the Church Fathers
but also on the example of scores of holy women in the Bible plus the
Blessed Virgin Mary and the many female saints of the Church, these
pages offer prof