Compiled of two sections dedicated to her sisters and one to the prioress of the Carmel, Thérèse delves into the story of her life. Not long after I received a gift of her autobiography Story of a Soul. That is the beginning of how I discovered this beautiful Saint.  I resolved to learn what I could from her. A quiet resolve burned in her eyes and I could tell she was truly a woman who lived close to the Lord. She looked determined, holding bunches of roses (my favorite flower). He told me to pray to her and listen to the gentle whispering of what this great saint brings to my heart.Īs I left Confession, I saw a wall hanging of St. A Saint? Close to me? I didn’t think I was worthy of such patronage. I feel that she is so close to you, it’s like she is standing right behind you”. Father continued, “God is making her present in my mind very strongly. I vaguely remembered something about roses and Carmelites, but that was it. I could only respond with a helpless, “I don’t know.' I can state facts about a lot of different saints, but I never felt deeply connected to anyone in particular.  He caught me off guard by asking, “Who is your favorite saint?” Who am I? Who is this woman that God shaped and molded as part of His creation? I felt like this quiet girl from a small town in Michigan needed to be setting the world on fire in order to get approval from God and feel some kind of satisfaction from life.Įyes filled with love, my Priest looked at me and said, “Only God knows who you are and what He plans for you.' Suddenly his expression changed.  I brought this feeling and many other struggles to Confession with me one Saturday, thinking that the only way to be satisfied with what the Lord is currently doing in my life is to lay everything before Him, feel His grace and love, and receive some sound advice.Īs I poured my heart out to my priest, these words slipped out of my mouth: “I just feel like I don’t know who I am.” Shocked, I realized that was the truth. I felt broken in my life and my relationships, and that if I couldn’t do something “world changing” then I wasn’t living out my Christian duty the right way.

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As the purpose of Sinister Wisdom is to foster a specific lesbian-feminism that includes all women across any number of diversities, “Dina” (as this issue came to be known) is a microcosm of this principle. In using this title, editors of the periodical Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz and Irena Klepfisz reclaim the potential of the tribe of women that never materialized.  “The Tribe of Dina” is presumably the women Dina sought out in response to her controlling brothers. Dina is only referenced as an accessory to her powerful male relatives, except for a short anecdote about how she left Israel to seek other women. Dina is a Biblical character, the only daughter of Jewish forefather Jacob and his wife Leah, whose brothers founded the twelve tribes of Israel. The publication was so successful upon release that it was published as its own book called “ The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women’s Anthology” in 1989. Consult your librarian for more information.Įnjoy this wonderful herstory of Sinister Wisdom.In 1986, the radical lesbian feminist periodical Sinister Wisdom published a themed issue titled “ The Tribe of Dina.” It spans two of the four annual publications of Sinister Wisdom, making it both issue 29 and 30. Sinister Wisdom is indexed in the following databases: Gender Studies Database, Women’s Studies International, and Feminist Periodicals. (Clicking this link will take you to a Google Sheets document.) Gratitude to Megan Welsh, Sierra Earle, Ivy Clarke, and a number of other interns for compiling and organizing this database with subsequent contributions from other Sinister Wisdom interns. Here is the database of Sinister Wisdom 1 through Sinister Wisdom 126 with authors and titles. Visit this page to view and order available issues in print.īeginning in 2017, Sinister Wisdom started to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in 2026 with the 'Croning Project.' You can see the Croning Project tributes here.ĭo you have back issues of Sinister Wisdom? Learn more about Sinister Wisdom's commitment to promoting and archiving lesbian art and culture. In addition, some of the issues of Sinister Wisdom are still available from Sinister Wisdom in print format.  User can either click on the cover to see the full issue as a PDF or scroll down on the page to view the links at the bottom of the page in sequential order. All of the issues of Sinister Wisdom on this page are available as downloadable, electronic PDF copies.

A Dark Night Hidden by Alys Clare