The (Spiritual) Crisis of the West (Simone Rizkallah)

It only takes one look at the news to see the disturbing state of Western civilization in 2023. Soaring levels of anxiety, a mental health crisis, and an epidemic of loneliness have exacerbated the crisis of identity that is eating our societies from within. Among the hardest hit are teenage girls, victims of both the old-line women's lib movement and third-wave feminist ideology that is pushing the definition of womanhood ever further from its biblical origins.

To talk about these alarming trends, Robert sits down with Simone Rizkallah, an Armenian-American Catholic and Director of Program Growth for Endow Groups, who isolates one of the key contributors to Western decline as the “crisis of the feminine genius.” Born to Armenian immigrants from Cairo, Egypt, Simone brings a unique East-West perspective to femininity in the Church and why it’s so necessary to repair our broken culture.

In addition to her role at Endow, Simone has previously worked as Theology Department Chair and Senior Theology Teacher at St. Mary's Catholic High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and as the Director of Religious Education for youth and adults at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Annandale, Virginia.  She is the host of The Endow Podcast, which serves as a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius.