“Soline . . . lays bare the profound suffering she has endured
wanting to serve God . . . but being rebuffed, ignored, labelled,
stereotyped, as if God only talks to clerics and like them has no
time for women as equals. Who could believe in such a God?”
– Mary McAleese, from the Foreword
In this ground-breaking memoir, Soline Humbert candidly shares her struggles, her dark nights of the soul and her ecstasies, as well as her decades-long effort to bring about an end to women’s exclusion from the priesthood in the Catholic Church. A Divine Calling is an inspirational story of hope, courage, determination and one woman’s passionate desire to make a difference. Link to press release here.
A graduate of Trinity College with Masters degrees in business and Ecumenical theology, Soline has appeared many times on radio and television, including on The Late Late Show and Upfront with Katie Hannon, was featured in New Yorker magazine and has written for The Irish Times and numerous other publications. She lives in Dublin.
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