"Art of Being a Woman" retreat reflections

These are reflections (not my writing), from a 1day-retreat I went on in May. It was on the "Art of Being a Woman." Great reflections for single, married, consecrated...these people have great insight & are really allowing the Holy Spirit to work!

Spiritual Component: Fr. John Hopkins:
As daughters of God, we are gifted with tremendous dignity. We do not need to earn this dignity – we possess it naturally. Our time as single women is a prime opportunity for each of us to forge our character and identity.

Practical Component:>January Donovan:
We won’t automatically learn to be good women, wives and mothers simply by saying "I do"; rather, we begin to learn this art gradually and at every moment of our single life. In fact, there is no more valuable time during which to form ourselves to live our vocation, whatever it may be, than the short and special time of “singleness."
As Catholic women, we have an obligation to raise the bar for the men in our lives through our manner of being. We invite them to fully live their manhood by challenging them to be the man that God has called them be in every aspect of their lives. This is most effectively achieved by the way we gracefully embrace and give them the gift of our femininity.

"A Gentleman's Take on the Art of Being a Woman." is next. (Through Regnum Christi, held at the Bethesda Retreat Center, MD).