Brenda Dolphin Explained

Brenda Dolphin
Church:Catholic
Birth Date:1945
Birth Place:Ireland
Provincial Leader of the Sisters of Mercy
Education:Pontifical Gregorian University

Brenda Dolphin RSM (born 1945[1]) is an Irish member of the Sisters of Mercy. She is also a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, joining the department in 1988.[2] [3]

Life

Originally from Birr in Ireland, Dolphin has a degree in education and a PhD in psychology.

In 2019, she was one of the examiners of the first thesis at a university sanctioned by the Vatican that addressed the sexual abuse of nuns by priests.[4] [5] The research was undertaken by Togolese nun, Makamatine Lembo.[6]

In 2024, Brenda Dolphin was appointed postulator for the beatification process of Catherine McAuley.[7] In 2019 she was elected Provincial Leader of the Sisters of Mercy.[8]

References

  1. Book: Manenti . Alessandro . Formation and the Person: Essays in Theory and Practice . Guarinelli . Stefano . Zollner . Hans . 2007 . Peeters Publishers . 978-90-429-1881-8 . en.
  2. Book: Imoda, Franco . A Journey to Freedom: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Anthropology of Formation . 2000 . Peeters Publishers . 978-90-429-0894-9 . 11 . en.
  3. Web site: Carousel « Pontificio Collegio Irlandese . 2024-02-16 . www.irishcollege.org.
  4. Web site: Pontifical university takes up sex abuse of nuns by priests . 2024-02-16 . Global Sisters Report . en.
  5. Web site: Nun defends thesis on sexual abuse of nuns by priests - Sept. 26, 2019 The Spokesman-Review . 2024-02-16 . www.spokesman.com.
  6. Web site: Writer . Melissa Lemieux . 2019-09-26 . Nun Does First-Ever Dissertation About Priest-on-Nun Sex Abuse . 2024-02-16 . Newsweek . en.
  7. Web site: Brenda Dolphin – Postulator For The Cause For The Canonisation Of Catherine McAuley Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy . 2024-02-16 . sistersofmercy.ie . en-GB.
  8. Web site: Monahan . Fintan . 2019-02-28 . Sr. Brenda Dolphin, Provincial Leader of Mercy Sisters . 2024-02-16 . Killaloe Diocese . en-GB.

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