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Sr. Mary Collins | |
|---|---|
| Title | Prioress, Mount St. Scholastica monastery |
| Personal | |
| Born | Mary Collins 16 September 1935 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | 2 May 2024 (aged 88) Atchinson, Kansas |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Denomination | Benedictine |
| Education | Ph.D in liturgical theology |
| Profession | religious leader, author, professor |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | 1999 - 2005 |
| Profession | religious leader, author, professor |
Early life and education
[edit]Mary Collins was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 16, 1935 to Lauretta (LaCosse) and Homer Collins and had two brothers. She graduated from Mount St. Scholastica College and entered the Benedictine order in Atchinson, Kansas in 1957.[1]
Community Involvement
[edit]Career
[edit]She taught high school before entering Catholic University of America (CUA) where she earned a doctoral degree in sacramental and liturgical studies. After completing her doctorate, she taught religious studies at Benedictine College and the University of Kansas and then returned to CUA in 1978 as associate professor of religious studies and in 1983 became chair of the CUA Department of Religion and Religious Education.[1][2]
On June 13,1999, she was elected the tenth prioress of the Mount St. Scholastica monastery in Atchison, Kansas and left CUA.[1][2] She served in that role until 2005.[3]
Honors
[edit]In 2000, she received the Jubilate Deo Award from the National Association of Pastoral Musicians in recognition of a substantial contribution to the development of pastoral liturgy in the United States.[4]
In 2014, Marquette University awarded her an Honorary Degree: Doctor of Religious Studies.[3]
Past president of both the North American Academy of Liturgy (1986)[5] and the North American Liturgical Conference.[6] In the mid-1970s, she was a founding member of the North American Academy of Liturgy,[7] an ecumenical and inter-religious association of liturgical scholars who collaborate in research concerning public worship. In 1993, she received its Berakah Award, which is given to liturgists or persons of an allied vocation in recognition of distinguished contribution to the professional work of liturgy.[8] She has also received the Michael Mathis Award from the Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy.[3]
Selected works
[edit]The 1987 Madeleva Lecture "Women at Prayer" by Mary Collins, OSB Associate Director, Center for Benedictine Studies,Atchison, Kansas. An exploration of the shaping of spiritual traditions and the persistence of the ''non-traditional'' (Thursday, April 9, 1987). Hosted by Saint Mary's College and the Center for Spirituality.
The New Dictionary of Theology. Joseph A. Komonchak, Mary Collins, O.S.B., Dermot A. Lane, Editors (Liturgical Press) October 1, 1987.[9]
Presentation included in The Future of the Catholic Church in America: Major Papers of the Virgil Michel Symposium (Liturgical Press), a compilation of major presentations in a symposium held In July 1988, St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.[10]
Contemplative Participation: Sacrosanctum Concilium Twenty-Five Years Later (Liturgical Press) November 1, 1990. ISBN: 9780814619223, 1922
Essay in Living in the Meantime: Concerning the Transformation of Religious Life, Paul J.Philibert, O.P., ed., (Ramsey, N.J.: Paulist Press. 1994).[10]
A Commentary on the Order of Mass of The Roman Missal: A New English Translation. General Editor Edward Foley; Associate Editors: John F. Baldovin, Mary Collins, Joanne M. Pierce (Liturgical Press) December 1, 2011. ISBN: 9780814662472, 6247
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Remembering Sister Mary Collins, OSB". Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ a b "Past Leadership". Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ a b c "Sister Mary Collins, OSB // University Honors // Marquette University". www.marquette.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "NPM Awards – NPM". Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ University, Catholic. "Distinguished Alumni". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "The Madeleva manifesto: A Message of Hope and Courage". www.natcath.org. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Founding Members". NAAL. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Berakah Award". NAAL. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "The New Dictionary of Theology". Liturgical Press. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ a b "Publications" (PDF). American Catholic Studies Newsletter. Fall 1994. pp. 14–15. Retrieved June 10, 2024.