On Femininity & Feminism: An Interview with Leila Lawler, by Robert Marco

By Robert Marco, Catholic Exchange, September 9, 2024

Rob Marco is a married father of three. He holds a MA in Theology from Villanova University. He is the author of Wisdom and Folly: Essays on Faith, Life, and Everything in Between (Cruachan Hill Press, 2024). He blogs at Pater Familias.

Editor’s Note: This is part one of three in a series from Rob Marco’s interview with Leila Lawler.

Who is Leila Lawler?

Leila Marie Lawler, a wife, mother of seven, and grandmother to a growing number of little ones, practices what she likes to call “kitchen sink philosophy” at her website Like Mother, Like Daughter, sharing practical and theoretical insight into all aspects of daily life.

She is co-author with David Clayton of The Little Oratory: A Beginner’s Guide to Praying in the Home and author of God Has No Grandchildren: A Guided Reading of Pius XI’s encyclical Casti Connubii, On Chaste Marriage (2nd Edition), and The Summa Domestica: Order and Wonder in Family Life, a 3-volume set.

Mrs. Lawler and I had the chance to catch up recently and discuss the financial challenges for Catholic families in the present economy, the opposition to the idea of homemaking in the wake of NFL kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement speech, family budgeting, generosity in giving, the need for community, and Gospel simplicity. …

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