We’re Catholic Women, Of Course We’re Fighting Back Against the Culture

My Speech from the Catholic Women’s Conference

An example of an Eleusa icon in Marian art, depicting the Christ child nestled against her cheek. Also called the Virgin of Tenderness.

I delivered these remarks this weekend at a friend’s inaugural Catholic Women’s conference in southern California. They were expecting 50 people. Over 180 women showed up, of all ages, many with babies in their arms. I’m grateful for the chance to see again, in real life, that my fellow domestic extremists and I are not alone!

Hope you enjoy it!

We’re Catholic Women, Of Course We Go To Conferences

Thank you all so much for coming today. It's a great honor to be here and I want to thank you guys for inviting me, and for taking a chance on some anonymous writer named “Peachy.” I grew up in Los Angeles but I used to come up here all the time as a kid, when my grandparents lived in Ventura, and it always brings back happy memories for me.

So let’s start with the obvious question:  who am I and what qualifies me of all people to give a talk about being a Cath…