Women's Group meets Thursday nights at 7 PM in the Newman Room in Bellamarine Hall. Women's group is a community of women responding to the call to be mothers. These women are united and living out their femininity, through prayer, community, and service.

For more information, please contact Carly Bosse at cbosse@catholicusf.org

Women’s group is a community of women responding to the call to be mothers.  This vocation rests on the foundation of our humanity.  To give direction and clarity in a time of confusion, Women’s group looks to our seal.

Our motto is Mulieres Factum Matrem. This translates to “Woman Becoming Mother.”

 
This motto is placed beneath an image based on Isaiah 62:3, “You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the Lord, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.” With Mary as the ultimate model of femininity and motherhood, we use the image of her Immaculate Heart transformed into a diadem as the center of our seal.   As we learn what it means to be cared for, adored, and pursued by the Lord as Mary was, we reflect upon three facets of Mary’s womanhood: the mastery over her ego, her senses and her goods.
 
The Heart represents the mastery over our ego, our very identity.  We witness Mary’s mastery over her own ego through her Fiat.  As she gives her unwavering yes to the Lord, she calls herself in Greek doulos: handmaid.  She knows her true identity as the handmaid of the Lord and she is humble in accepting that identity.
 
The Heart is set aflame with love and this flame represents the mastery over our senses through contemplative prayer.  In the Gospel of Luke, we are told that Mary pondered and held within her heart the greetings and love of the Lord.  She had a habit of contemplative prayer, which set her heart on fire with love for her Lord and Spouse.  We desire this purifying fire of love for the Lord, which radiates light, goodness, and courage.
 
Growing from the Heart is a crown of roses representing the mastery over our goods.  This is the “fruitful vine” of Psalm 128.  The fruits of the disposition of Mary’s heart to God throughout her life can be seen in the moment of her Fiat.  The moment that she says yes to the Lord leads to St. Joseph’s sainthood.  Her yes gave St. Joseph the opportunity to die to self and to take up his role as protector.  We desire that all of our actions be done for the good of the Kingdom of God.
 
Holding the heart are the Hands of God who created her and adores the glory of his creation.  It is the womb through which the heart became flesh: protected, and in secret.  They are the hands of a woman offering her heart to her family and to the world through service.  They are the hands of a man who has just received the beautiful and vulnerable heart of his beloved having just built a home for her.  For this reason, Women’s group seal is intrinsically related to Men’s group crest.
 

We live out these facets of femininity through prayer, community, and service.