Governance and Women

in the Roman Catholic Church

Over the last thirty years, Mary has spoken and written extensively on the role of women and the need for a change in the governance structures in the Roman Catholic Church.  Here you will find a selection of those speeches and articles.
Speeches
Year Subject Location Link
1995 Coping with a Christ who does not want women priests Jesuit Conference Centre, Dublin Click here
1996 Women in the Church Clonard Monastery, Belfast Click here
2014 Church Governance – The Imperative of Collegiality Von Hügel Institute, Cambridge Click here
2017 The Holy See and the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - is a once promising journey now going backwards? Royal Irish Academy, Dublin Click here
2018 International Women's Day Rome Click here
2019 Catholic Social Teaching and Human Rights St. Mary’s University, Twickenham Click here
2019 Canon Law and Human Rights. We need a new debate starting with children. University of Tübingen Click here
2019 The future of Ireland Human rights and children’s rights Trinity College, Dublin Click here
2020 The flaws in the Christening Contract. Goethe University, Frankfurt Click here
2021 International Women's Day Online Click here
2021 Rerum Novarum and Human Rights St. Mary’s University, Twickenham Click here
2021 Baptismal obligations? Revisiting the christening contract- a necessary prelude to any synodal journey University of Oxford Click here
2021 No Synodality Without Freedom of Speech– Canon law must acknowledge the human rights of Church members Bristol Click here
2022 "Violence against Children and the UNCRC … an evolving story" University of Lucerne Click here
2023 Being denied the discipleship of equals. Rome Click here
2024 The rights of the child in the Catholic Church University of Lucerne Click here
Publications (books)
Year Publication Further information
1999 Love in Chaos Click here
2012 Quo Vadis? Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law Click here
2019 Children’s Rights and Obligations in Canon Law – The Christening Contract Click here
2020 Here's the Story: A Memoir Click here
2022 The 17 Irish Martyrs Click here
Publications (articles)
Year Details Download
1993 Intercom (March) Click here
1994 The Universe (March) Click here
1994 The Universe (July) Click here
1994 Intercom (July) Click here
1994 Intercom (October) Click here
1995 The Universe (January) Click here
1995 The Universe (May) Click here
1995 The Universe (July) Click here
1995 The Universe (August) Click here
1995 The Universe (September) Click here