Catholic Consecrated Woman Writes Novel that Challenges the Culture

October 24, 2011 - 7:59 PDT

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Greenville, RI (October 24, 2011) - "It's just so hard for my son to escape notice. He's so talented."

This sounds like the bragging of a proud mother. But Liz Foster is no ordinary mother. She stars in a new novel written by a Catholic consecrated woman, Joan Kingsland, and what the protagonist says next to her son's soccer coach might surprise you.

"Nobody can see. It's imperative for Jimmie's safety that he go unnoticed!"

The novel "Ask Me No Questions" is also not your ordinary novel. "The plot definitely challenges the 'wisdom' of our current culture," said Kingsland, but she will go no further in discussing the specifics of the plot. "After all, it is a suspense novel!"

Joan cautions that when readers first meet Liz Foster, they won't like her.

"You'll put her down as a neurotic, over-protective mother," she said. "There's something akin between her and Jerry Fletcher played by Mel Gibson in the movie 'Conspiracy Theory.'"

Kingsland predicts readers will like Liz's young son Mikey best because he focuses his brilliance on two things: protecting his family against those who killed his father and contriving chance meetings between his brother's coach, David Johnston, and his mother.

The book also contains characters of much more unsavory nature, but details, once again, would give too much away.

Kingsland, who is a moral theology doctoral graduate from the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family and a moral theology professor at Mater Ecclesiae College in Greenville, Rhode Island, has always wanted to do two things -- give her life to Jesus Christ and to teach.

As a young child, she told her mother that she wanted to be a "nun-teacher." Her mother prophetically predicted she would do just that, but in a new and unique way.

"Years later, when I met the consecrated women of our Regnum Christi movement, I was immediately captivated by their joy and enthusiasm and their way of life," said Kingsland. "I had been 'convent-hopping' for some months and nowhere did my heart resonate as it did here with Regnum Christi. Then I recalled my mother's prophetic words that I hadn't thought about for years."

Kingsland decided to become consecrated in the RC movement during the summer of 1992. Since then, she has not only been teaching moral theology, but finding time to use her talents for the purposes of evangelization through fiction. With her first novel Joan hopes not only to entertain, but to educate others in the moral teachings of the Church.

She said she is greatly in debt to Blessed John Paul II.

"John Paul II was a model of holiness for me, a great teacher of the faith, not only by his words but by the example of his life," she said. "My studies (at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family) connect to this novel since at its heart are a loving family and a love story."

Kingsland said that John Paul II's Theology of the Body catechesis influences the story and the choices of its main characters. Joan said readers familiar with Church teaching will see this in the behavior of Liz Foster in how she handles relationships and educates her children. For those not familiar with the Theology of the Body, Kingsland explains that, according to John Paul II, physical intimacy between a man and a woman has an inherent meaning of total self-giving, and a person can tell the "truth" or "lie" through the actions of his or her body.

Putting "Ask Me No Questions" down on paper has been fairly easy for Kingsland. "I didn't get writer's block until near the end of the story," she admits. "For each scene I would just wonder, 'What happens next?' and then it seemed to me that the story would unfold in my head as if I was merely a passive observer.

"For the end of the book, though, it was like the television wouldn't go on. I would try to 'watch' what happened but saw nothing. Then one day it came to me in a flood."

After finishing the story in 2009, the RC consecrated women decided to publish Joan's book through Mater Ecclesiae College. So far the response has been positive.

"Both adults and high school students are enjoying it, they tell me," she said.

Interestingly, Joan said she didn't intend this story to be a novel at first. "My real goal was to write a screen play." Because the 50 short chapters can easily correspond to movie scenes, Kingsland has just finished a rough draft of the screen play and sent it for feedback and advice to a friend working in the movie industry.

Those interested in finding out more about "Ask Me No Questions" and want to know just how the story turns out can go to www.rcmusicnow.org to order a copy. (The ISBN number is 978-0-692-01410-3.) All proceeds support the consecrated women of Regnum Christi and Mater Ecclesiae College

Contact

Regnum Christi and Legion of Christ
http://www.rcmusicnow.org/
MI, 48301 US
Kelly Luttinen - Public Relations Advisor, 404-317-6253

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