Joanna Bogle
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Joanna Bogle is a British Catholic journalist
, writer
and broadcaster
.
, she worked for the Richmond Herald and later the Surrey Comet newspaper after leaving school. Bogle has written a weekly column for the Catholic Times and has been described by liberal Catholic writer Peter Stanford
as "a forceful, eloquent and youthful firebrand who has made it her business, with some success, to act as a counter-balance to Ms [Cristina] Odone on the chat-show and soundbite circuit."
Bogle's biography of nineteenth century humanitarian Caroline Chisholm
The Emigrant's Friend was published in 1993. Bogle's current project is a work about Mother Riccarda Beauchamp Hambrough and Sister Katherine Flanagan, two British Bridgettine nuns in Rome who hid 50 Jewish refugees in their guesthouse during the Nazi occupation.
Bogle is a founder member of the Association for Catholic Women in England and a contributing editor to the Catholic journal Voices.
She married Australian-born Jamie Bogle, now a barrister, in 1980.
attitudes; Bogle is opposed to the ordination of women priests. In 1999 Bogle opposed the recommendation of the Broadcasting Standards Commission to use BCE and CE in place of BC and AD. In 1998 though, she criticised the decision of the church to honour Rupert Murdoch
with a knighthood: "It sends out the message that you can make a living out of something - soft pornography - that is regarded by the Church as sinful, and yet you can be awarded for it. The Knighthood of St. Gregory is supposed to be about honour and chivalry and and splendour. To give it to Murdoch is ridiculous and wrong."
She believes Catholics, and Christians generally, are under sustained assault in the UK and should assert themselves more. According to Peter Stanford Bogle's criticism of the hierarchy represents a minority of Catholics in Britain. In March 2009 Bogle participated in a debate on Channel 4 News
with Dr Rachel Baggaley Head of Christian Action's HIV programme and presenter Jon Snow
on the church's policy towards AIDS in Africa which Snow himself has described as the fierciest debate in which he has been involved.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and broadcaster
Presenter
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.
Biography
From a 'mixed' family, her father was not a CatholicCatholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
, she worked for the Richmond Herald and later the Surrey Comet newspaper after leaving school. Bogle has written a weekly column for the Catholic Times and has been described by liberal Catholic writer Peter Stanford
Peter Stanford
Peter James Stanford is an English writer, editor, journalist, and presenter. An alumnus of St Anselm's College, Birkenhead, he was the editor of The Catholic Herald, and a regular contributor to the New Statesman....
as "a forceful, eloquent and youthful firebrand who has made it her business, with some success, to act as a counter-balance to Ms [Cristina] Odone on the chat-show and soundbite circuit."
Bogle's biography of nineteenth century humanitarian Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England...
The Emigrant's Friend was published in 1993. Bogle's current project is a work about Mother Riccarda Beauchamp Hambrough and Sister Katherine Flanagan, two British Bridgettine nuns in Rome who hid 50 Jewish refugees in their guesthouse during the Nazi occupation.
Bogle is a founder member of the Association for Catholic Women in England and a contributing editor to the Catholic journal Voices.
She married Australian-born Jamie Bogle, now a barrister, in 1980.
Opinions
A conservative who believes the Catholic Church should advocate fundamental truths rather than liberalLiberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
attitudes; Bogle is opposed to the ordination of women priests. In 1999 Bogle opposed the recommendation of the Broadcasting Standards Commission to use BCE and CE in place of BC and AD. In 1998 though, she criticised the decision of the church to honour Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian-American business magnate. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of , the world's second-largest media conglomerate....
with a knighthood: "It sends out the message that you can make a living out of something - soft pornography - that is regarded by the Church as sinful, and yet you can be awarded for it. The Knighthood of St. Gregory is supposed to be about honour and chivalry and and splendour. To give it to Murdoch is ridiculous and wrong."
She believes Catholics, and Christians generally, are under sustained assault in the UK and should assert themselves more. According to Peter Stanford Bogle's criticism of the hierarchy represents a minority of Catholics in Britain. In March 2009 Bogle participated in a debate on Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News is the news division of British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since the broadcaster's launch in 1982.-Channel 4 News:...
with Dr Rachel Baggaley Head of Christian Action's HIV programme and presenter Jon Snow
Jon Snow
Jon Snow is an English journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITN. He is best known for presenting Channel 4 News.He was Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University from 2001 to 2008.-Early life:...
on the church's policy towards AIDS in Africa which Snow himself has described as the fierciest debate in which he has been involved.
Publications
- Advent and Christmas: Catholic Customs and Traditions (Paperback - Sep 24, 2010)
- Lent and Easter: Catholic Customs and Traditions (Paperback - Jan 11, 2010)
- A Nun with a Difference: The Life and Letters of Sister Mary Alban FC (Paperback - Nov 2009)
- English Catholic Heroines (Paperback - Oct 15, 2009)
- St John Mary Vianney, the Cure of Ars: A Parish Priest for All the World (Paperback - Sep 1, 2009)
- A Yearbook of Seasons and Celebrations (Paperback - Oct 1, 2007)
- (editor) The Pope BenedictPope Benedict XVIBenedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
Code, Gracewing, 2006 - The Church in Nightingale Square (Paperback - Jun 20, 2005)
- One Corner of London: A History of St. Bede's, Clapham Park (Paperback - Sep 2003)
- Croydon Airport: From War to Peace (with Douglas Cluett & Bob Learmonth, Paperback - Jan 1, 2003)
- The First Croydon Airport 1915-1928: v. 1 (with Bob Learmonth, Douglas Cluett and John Teasdale, Paperback - Oct 1, 2001)
- Fr Werenfried - A Life (Paperback - Jan 1, 2001)
- Engaged to be Married (Paperback - Jul 2000)
- Martyrs of Uganda (Paperback - Mar 1, 2000)
- Does the Church Oppress Women? (Paperback - Jul 1, 1999)
- We Didn't Mean to Start A School (as Julia Blythe, Paperback - Oct 29, 1998)
- Come on In, It's Awful (Paperback - Jun 1994)
- Caroline Chisholm: The Emigrant's Friend (Paperback - Jun 1994)
- Book of Feasts & Seasons (Paperback - Jan 1, 1993)
- When the Summer Ended (with Cecylia Wolkowinska, Paperback - Dec 1992)
- Prayers from the Heart for Everyday Things (Paperback - Nov 1992)
- Prayers from the Heart for the Feasts of the Year (with Gill Onions, Paperback - Apr 1992)
- Heart for Europe (with James Bogle, Paperback - Dec 1991)
- Who Lies Where? (A Lamp guide) (Paperback - Feb 24, 1989)
- Celebrating Our Heritage (Paperback - 1988)
External links
- Auntie Joanna writes - personal blog