Magnificat: Song of Justice

Magnificat: Song of Justice, is a story of two women on separate paths, one a North American woman’s journey to social consciousness, and the other, a tale of a campesina named Maria Luz who seeks to lead her people to an alternative to the war that is devastating her country.

Kathleen S. Schmitt has authored three volumes of Seasons of the Feminine Divine: Christian Feminist Prayers. She has published short stories and poetry in literary magazines and anthologies, as well as the novel Conversations with Amelia, and the young adult novel, Getting a Life. A retired Anglican Priest, Kathleen served for three years in the parish of Santisima Trinidad in San Martín, El Salvador.Magnificat: Song of Justice is based on the author’s interest in the concept of a female Christ figure in the context of liberation theology, and her post-war volunteerism in El Salvador in the 1980s. She lives in Burnaby, BC. www.justiceworks.ca