Janet Kalven
Janet Kalven | |
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Born | May 21, 1913 |
Died | April 24, 2014 | (aged 100)
Alma mater | University of Chicago; Boston University |
Occupation(s) | Catholic educator, writer |
Known for | Associated with the Grail movement |
Janet Kalven (May 21, 1913 — April 24, 2014) was a Catholic educator and writer associated with the Grail, a women's religious movement founded in 1921.[1][2]
Early life and education
Kalven was born in
Career
Kalven joined the Grail Movement, a Catholic women's group, in 1940, and in 1944 was one of the founders of its main educational center, a farm called Grailville, in Loveland, Ohio.[7][8] She would eventually write a memoir and history of the movement in the United States, Women Breaking Boundaries: A Grail Journey, 1940-1995 (SUNY Press 1999).[9] Kalven was on staff at the University of Dayton and was director of the Seminary Quarter at Grailville, in the 1970s. She co-organized the historic ecumenical conference "Women Exploring Theology" at Grailville in 1972.[10] Ten years later, she co-hosted the "Women's Spirit Bonding" conference, also at Grailville. In 1988, she co-edited With Both Eyes Open: Seeing Beyond Gender, a collection of essays on women, Christian theology, and liturgy.[11]
In 1990 Kalven was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.[12] Kalven was the 2003 co-recipient of the Enduring Spirit Award, presented by MUSE: The Cincinnati Women's Choir.[13] She was a trustee of Housetop Center for Women's Ministries.[14] Among the women influenced by Kalven's work at Grailville were Mary E. Hunt and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza.
Of her work, Kalven declared,
I ground my hope for the world and for the Grail chiefly in the strength of women, women who develop all of their gifts and talents, women who act together generously and in hope to bring into reality their vision of a world where difference does not connote domination, a world where each person and culture will grow and enrich the others, a world where a hope-filled future awaits every child. We hold fast to our conviction that terror, poverty, and oppression will not have the last word.[15]
Personal life
Late in life, Kalven moved from Grailville to buy a converted school building in
See also
References
- ^ "Janet Kalven Remembered Fondly". Feminist Studies in Religion. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Janet Kalven | State University of New York Press". sunypress.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ISBN 9780971274426
- ISBN 9780791443323
- ^ John B. Kachuba, "In Search of the 21st Century Grail" Cincinnati Magazine (August 2000): 60.
- ISBN 9780814662366
- ISBN 9780674034952
- ^ Janet Kalven, Women Breaking Boundaries: A Grail Journey, 1940-1995 (SUNY Press 1999).
- ISBN 9780567086488
- ISBN 9780829807776
- ^ Janet Kalven Ohio Women's Hall of Fame Bio.
- ^ Muse: The Cincinnati Women's Choir, Enduring Spirit Award Archived 2015-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, Past Recipients.
- ^ Catherine of Siena Virtual College, Housetop Center for Women's Ministries Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Janet Kalven, Women Breaking Boundaries: A Grail Journey, 1940-1995 (SUNY Press 1999): 303.
- ^ Jennifer Mrozowski, "Schools: Giving Old Buildings New Life" Cincinnati Enquirer (March 19, 2002).
- ^ Mary E. Hunt, "Janet E. Kalven Remembered Fondly" Feminist Studies in Religion (April 30, 2014).
External links
- Janet Kalven, "Woman and Post-War Reconstruction" (1944)
- Janet Kalven, "The Task of Woman in the Modern World" (1946).