CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:                        Margaret D. SCOTT

 

Address:                    St. Raphaela Center, 616 Coopertown Road,

                             Haverford, PA 19041, USA

 

Tel:                              610 642 5715

Fax:                            610 642 6788

 

E Mail:                         margaretaci@yahoo.co.uk

Webpage:                  www.srmargaret-aci.com

   Date of birth :            21^st July, 1942

 

Secondary Education :

 

1953 – 1960 Wolverhampton Girls’ High School, (Local State

Grammar School)

School Hockey Captain; played hockey for Staffordshire County

Team.

 

7 GCE O Levels: English Language, English Literature, History,

Mathematics, Greek, Latin, French.

 

3 GCE A Levels:  Ancient History and Literature, Greek, Latin.

 

University Qualifications :

 

BA (Hons) Classics : Bedford College, London University, 1964.

Postgraduate Certificate in Education, London University, 1965.

MA International Relations : Webster University, St. Louis,

(London Campus), 1999. Distinguished Student Status awarded.

 

Other qualifications:

 

“Diploma Habilitationis” in Sacred Studies. Pontificium

 Institutum Regina Mundi, Rome, 1971. (Awarded “cum mentione”).

Diploma in Mariology, Marianum Theological Faculty, Rome, 1970.

(Awarded “summa con laude”.)

Clinical Pastoral Education, Basic Unit, Dublin, 1984.

Course in Diagnostic and Formation of Values, University of

Bilbao, Spain, 1989.

            Certificate of Attendance at Seminar: “Five Summits:

            Challenges For the Church and Humanity”, Ilades, Latin

          American Institute of Doctrine and Social Studies, Santiago, Chile,

          1996.

Catholic Teachers Certificate,

England, 1965, (with distinction in practical work)

Diocese of Santiago, Chile, 1995.

 

Work experience:

 

Prior to Religious Life:

 

Volunteer for United Nations Refugee Resettlement Program,

Austria, 1964;  translator, German to English.

 

 Ministry in Religious Life

 

Entered the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 1965. Novitiate in England. Theological Studies in Rome. Final Profession, 1975.

 

Teaching:   Boscombe Convent, England, (Deputy Headmistress) 1973-

                1976

       St. Raphaela’s Secondary School, Dublin, 1978-1984.

 

Formation: Initial formation directress in England, Ireland and Chile, 1976-

                 1996.

       Instructress Third Probation, Rome, 1989-1991.

 

Leadership:             

 

Local Superior:  Stillorgan, Dublin. 1980-1985, with ultimate

              responsibility for a community of 12, two schools and a

              University Residence.

 

Local Superior: Finglas, Dublin, 1986 with responsibility for a

                       Community of 10 and a retreat house.

 

Assistant General, General Team, in Rome, 1987-1992, with

                       responsibility for the communities in English speaking

                       countries : England, Ireland, Scotland, USA., Philippines,

                       India and Japan.

 

Provincial Superior, English-Irish Province, 1997-2004.

 

Missions:                   Chile, 1992-1997. Pastoral work in a shanty town,

                             involvement in human rights’ issues and formation

                             programs in CONFERRE.

 

Other ministry:         President of the Conference of Men and Women

                                     Religious in England and Wales, 2001-2004.

                         

               Vice-President, Union of Conferences of

                   Major Religious Superiors in Europe. 2001-2004.

 

Visiting Lecturer:      Quinn School of Business, University College

                              Dublin, appointed 2001.

                              Plater College, Oxford, UK., appointed 2003.

                              Webster Graduate Studies Center, London Campus,

                              International Relations Department, 2004

 

Widely traveled in Europe, Africa, India, Asia, Latin America  and USA

giving lectures and workshops on the Eucharist and other topics.

 

Spirituality:              

 

Retreat Director, Ignatian Spiritual Exercises.

Both 30 and 8 days

 

Spiritual Direction

 

Facilitation:   Chapters and Assemblies of Religious Congregations,

                    including Sisters of the Cross and Passion, Ursulines of

                    Jesus, Faithful Companions of Jesus...

 

 

Recent Activities: 

 

Intra-ecclesial dialogue:

                                   

                                    As President of the Conference of religious in

                             England and Wales, engaged in developing

                             partnership and dialogue with the Conference of

                             Bishops and with the UK Government.

Justice issues:

                             Leader of a delegation representing religious men

                             and women from UK and USA to the Holy Land,

                             2002.

                             Co-signatory of statement sent to Tony Blair and

                             George W. Bush.

 

                             Member of English Bishops’ delegation to Holy

                             Land : “The Universal Church in solidarity with

                             the Church in the Holy Land”, 2004. Hosted by

                             Latin Patriarch and attended by delegations from

                             Bishops’ Conferences worldwide.

 

Eucharist and Social Justice:                

          

           During Year of the Eucharist speaking on the

           Relationship between Eucharist and Social Justice

           various venues in USA, including International

           Keynote Address at : “The Church In the Modern

           World”, USCCB, Washington DC., 2005.

 

                             Keynote Speaker, National Justice and Peace

                             Network, Conference, Liverpool, UK, 2008. 

 

International Visiting Fellow, 2004-2005,  Woodstock Theological

                            Center, Georgetown University, Washington DC.,

                            researching : “A Eucharistic Reflection on the impact

                            of economic Globalization on the poor”.

 

Published Work:      

                                   ARTICLES

                                   Regular contributor since 1993 to TESTIMONIO,

                   Spirituality Magazine published by CONFERRE, Chile.

                   Regular contributor to HANDMAIDS TODAY,

                   published by Handmaids of the Sacred Heart.

                   Several articles in MENSAJE, Jesuit Magazine, Chile.

                   Two articles in MANRESA, Jesuits, Spain.

                   Two articles in THE PREACHER, UK

                   One article in EMMANUEL, USA

                   One article in THE FURROW, Ireland.

                   One article, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS

 

                        BOOKS

                        "The Eucharist and Social Justice". Paulist Press,

                        2009                

 

Committees:            Coordinating committee, International Womens'

                                   Peace Collquium. Barry University.

                                  

 

Board Member:      Member of  Board of External Consultants, Center

                                   for the Study of Catholic Social Thought,

                            Duquesne University, Pittsburg, PA.

 

Present Ministry:   Director, St Raphaela Spirituality Center.

                       

                            Adjunct Professor, St Joseph's University,

                            Philadelphia, Theology Department, "Introduction to

                            Christian Ethics'.

 

Languages:              Fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and

                            German.