Brief Record of the Life Work of Mary Rosera Joyce Mary Rosera Joyce Born: June 20, 1930, Coleman, Wisconsin Married: Robert E. Joyce, Lena, Wisconsin, August 12, 1961 Education: Lena High School, Lena, Wisconsin, 1948 B.A., St. Xavier College, Chicago, 1957 (philosophy) M.A., Loyola University, Chicago, 1959 (philosophy) Two years doctoral studies in philosophy, St. Louis University, 1959-61 Teaching: Part time: DePaul University, Chicago, philosophy, 1958-59 St. Louis University, Fellowship, philosophy 1959-61 Full time: College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota Instructor in philosophy and English, 1963-65 Part time: St. Cloud School of Nursing, St. Cloud, Minnesota Instructor in psychology and sociology, 1965-67 Memberships: Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc., 1968- Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, 1978- Board of Directors: Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc., 1968-1993 Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, 1979-81 Human Life Center, St. John's University, 1979-82 Advisory Board, Center for NaProEthics, 1996-present Award: Lumen Gentium Award, with Robert Joyce, from the Thomas More Institute, Tucson, Arizona, January, 1972 Publications: Books New Dynamics in Sexual Love: A Revolutionary Approach to Marriage and Celibacy, co-authored with Robert Joyce, St. John's University Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1970. Also published in Spain: Nuevos Dinamicas del Amor Sexual: Un Tratado Revolucionario sobre el Matrimonio y Celibato, trans. Felix Alvarez, S.J., Editorial Sal Terrae, Santander, 1971. Let Us Be Born: The Inhumanity of Abortion, co-authored with Robert Joyce, Franciscan Herald Press, Chicago, 1970. This book was the first pro-life paperback in the United States. The Meaning of Contraception, Alba House, N.Y.,1970. Republished by the Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1975. Love Responds to Life: The Challenge of Humanae Vitae, Prow Books, Franciscan Marytown Press, Libertyville, Illinois, 1971. How Can a Man and Woman Be Friends? Liturgical Press, 1977. Republished by LifeCom, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1988. Women and Choice: A New Beginning, LifeCom, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1986. Friends: For Teens, LifeCom, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1990. Guide (To Friends: For Teens), LifeCom, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1991. Friends with God (Supplement to Friends: For Teens), LifeCom, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1994. A Priest from the Heart, LifeCom, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1999. Un Sacerdote de Corazon, LifeCom, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 2001. Booklet Saying No to Sex is Happiness for Teens, co-authored with Coleen Kelly Mast, Respect Incorporated, Bradley, Illinois, 1993. Translation Man, the Greatest of Miracles by Siegfried Ernst (Germany). Translated together with Sister Margretta Nathe, O.S.B., Liturgical Press, 1976. Chapters in Books "The Sexual Revolution is Yet to Begin," Abortion and Social Justice, Hilgers and Horan, Sheed and Ward, N.Y., 1972. "Are Women Controlling Their Own Minds," Abortion: A New Generation of Catholic Responses, Stephen J. Heaney, Editor, The Pope John Center, Braintree, Mass., 1992. "The Meaning of Contraception: An Authentic Comparison," Why Humanae Vitae Was Right: A Reader, Janet E. Smith, Editor, Ignatius, San Francisco, 1993. "The Dove and the Serpent," When Life and Choice Collide: Essays on Rhetoric and Abortion, David Mall, editor, Kairos Books, Inc., Libertyville, Illinois,. 1994. "A Revolution in Human Ecology," Embracing Earth: Catholic Approaches to Ecology, edited by Albert J. LaChance and John E. Carroll, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, N.Y., 1994. Articles "Reflections on Women Priests," Sisters Today, October, 1976. "What is Sexual Freedom?" International Review of Natural Family Planning, Fall, 1977. "The Redemption of Women," Proceedings of the First Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Kansas City, Mo., April 28-30, 1978. "Caring for Wisdom," Communio, Winter, 1979. "Understanding Our Sexuality," co-authored with Robert E. Joyce and Sheila Fabricant, Journal of Christian Healing, Vol 6, No. 1, 1984. "Polarity and Paradox in Sexuality: A Response," co-authored with Robert E. Joyce, Journal of Christian Healing, Vol. 7, No. l, 1985. "The Sex Education Puzzle," Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Sept. 21, 1991. "Sexual Competence and Natural Family Planning," Love and Life Newsletter, Pope Paul VI Institute, Omaha, Nebraska, April, 1994. Articles published in The NaProEthics Forum Newsletter, Pope Paul VI Institute, Omaha, Nebraska: "The Pope, the Church, and the Bedroom," July, 1997. "The Human Person in a Whole New Light," July, 1998. "The Contraception Issue: Dead or Buried Alive?" March, 1999. "What Do Women Really Want?" September, 1999. "Recovery for our Fallen Culture," July, 2000. "Reclaiming the Truth about Tolerance," November, 2000. Other articles have been published in Marriage, America, Insight, and elsewhere in the 1960s, some of which were reprinted in New Dynamics in Sexual Love and in The Meaning of Contraception. Numerous letters and short articles on human life and sexuality issues have been published in various newspapers and magazines locally and nationally, beginning in the 1960s. ***** |
