Catholicism is a highly symbolic religion, and women in Catholicism have always been integral to its iconography. Two new books, one by an American and another by a Canadian scholar, join a lengthening shelf of recent academic studies of Catholicism in general, and Catholic women in particular. Jeana DelRosso (U.S.) and Rebecca Sullivan (Candada) have introduced new threads into the lively and expanding scholarly discussion of Catholic women. DelRosso focuses on the figure of the Catholic girl, while Sullivan focuses on the woman religious as depicted in late twentieth century popular culture.