Sister Mary Katherine Garvin, SNJM

January 4, 1939-January 5, 2013

For the month of March 2013, the Foley Center Display Case will feature works on the topic of Women's Studies that were gifted to Foley Center Library from Sr. Mary Garvin. We are grateful for her generosity.

Titles in the Display Case include:

• Medicine Women: A Pictoral History of Women Healers by Elisabeth Brooke
• Womanstrength: Modern Church, Modern Women by Joan Chittister
• Women Encounter God: Theology Across the Boundaries of Difference by Linda Moody
• The History of American Catholic Women by James Kenneally
• Through the Eyes of Women: Insights for Pastoral Care by Jeanne Stevenson Moessner
• The Inside Stories:  13 Valiant Women Challenging the Church by Annie Lally Milhaven
• Speaking for Ourselves: Bible Studies and Discussion Starters by Women by Musimbi R A Kanyoro (Editor), Wendy S. Robins (Editor)
• Women and Early Christianity by Susanne Heine
• Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman by Joyce E. Salisbury
• Women and Church: The Challenge of Ecumenical Solidarity in an Age of Alienation by Melanie A. May
• WomanWord: A Feminist Lectionary and Psalter on Women of the New Testament by Miriam Therese Winter
• Women at Worship: Interpretations of North American Diversity by Marjorie Procter-Smith and Janet R. Walton
• Woman Sealed in the Tower: Being a View of Feminine Spirituality As Revealed by the Legend of Saint Barbara by Betsy Caprio
• Mother Church: What the Experience of Women Is Teaching Her by Sally Cunneen
• Introduction to Library Research in Women's Studies by Susan E. Searing

Also included:

Memorial Booklet for Sr. Mary Garvin, SNJM

Bookmarks found within the books donated by Sr. Mary

Voices of the Women of Vatican II is part of The Spirit of Vatican II, a new series presented by the Theological Resource Committee of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (US-Ontario Province) in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.

Sr. Mary Garvin began her first teaching assignment 50 years ago, when Vatican II opened. In her obituary of Sr. Mary, Sr. Kathleen Ross observes, "One of the last projects Mary engaged in was the Vatican II 50th Year video series. She was the anchor in the first video, and true to form, utilized a "readers' theatre" approach to share her insights on the documents of Vatican II and the experiences of women at the Council."

For further readings on topics related to National Women's History Month, please check out the selection of titles on the red cart next to the display case.