International Marian Research Institute

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R. Darden Bradshaw

R. Darden Bradshaw, a fiber artist and associate professor and area coordinator for art education, will work with a cohort of undergraduate and graduate students for a two-year project exploring "Mary's Wisdom: Weaving Ways of Knowing."

The project will collaboratively engage in deeply reading selected theological and secular texts that center weaving and the history of women's work in relationship to Mary. Through discussion and creative research, including learning weaving and fiber practices, participants will explore the threads of connectivity that form the fabric of an embodied knowing of Mary.

The project run on UD's campus and in the art education fiber studio at the PNC Hub at the Dayton Arcade Summer 2025 through Summer 2026.

Elise Absire

Elise Absire, a Ph.D. in theology student shares, “I am excited to be a part of Weaving Ways of Knowing Mary because it allows me to combine my study of theology with art. Reading about different representations of Mary and conversing about them while weaving sounds challenging. Yet, I think it will be neat to watch how our understanding and conversations unfold throughout the summer. I am looking forward to being a part of this special project in its inaugural year!”

Whitney Johnston

Whitney Johnston, who is pursuing a BFA in fine arts and a minor in sustainability minor, says, "I am excited to participate in this fellowship because of the unique opportunity that it offers. As an artist drawn to fiber and sustainability, I am eager to spend the summer learning about how faith and tradition influence textile practices. I am looking forward to growing alongside a small community of artists and thinkers while weaving together material exploration, spirituality, and reflection through shared making and dialogue."

Casey Harner

Casey Harner, who is pursuing a BFA in art history, says, "The project provides a novel opportunity to both engage in critical artistic, religious, and social histories as well as learn new creative and practical skills. I’m looking forward to expanding my understanding of and relationship to Mary while learning and working amongst others and eventually sharing the products of our weaving with the community. I am curious to learn more about the life and work of Mary and come to know her not only as devotional icon, intercessor, and Mother, but also as a woman of Nazareth living in the first-century who lived, breathed, and worked. The history of women’s work is central to my own research interests, and this project lends itself to my attempts at recontextualizing the nature and legacy of that history. As such an influential social figure, our conceptualizations of the Virgin Mary and her life impact our conceptualization of womanhood itself."

Abbie Dugan

Abbie Dugan is a digital artist from St. Louis, Mo. She is working to earn a BFA in graphic design. She has created works for clients and several organizations including pieces for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and St. Joseph's Academy. Abbie has also had her work accepted and displayed in galleries including the Kooyumjian Gallery at Webster University. She specializes in creating dynamic, universal pieces and enjoys collaborating with clients. After graduation, Abbie aspires to use her graphic design skills to help companies and organizations create a holistic digital presence through creative and cohesive marketing, branding and video content across media.

Ava Forest

Ava Forrest is an art education major at the University of Dayton and will graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2026. She previously earned her Associate of Arts with a concentration in painting from Sinclair Community College in 2023. During her time at Sinclair, her work was featured in the Fine Art Student Juried Exhibitions and the Art Department Scholarship Exhibitions in 2022 and 2023. In 2024, Ava received the Horvath Award for Realism at the University of Dayton’s Horvath Juried Student Exhibition. Ava draws inspiration from the Baroque and Realism movements, captivated by their dramatic lighting, compositions and subject matter, using these elements to evoke powerful emotions in relation to the depiction of everyday life. Through her work, Ava invites viewers to discover beauty and depth in the ordinary, celebrating the magnificence of the mundane.

Sr. Emily Sandoval, FMI

Sr. Emily Sandoval is a Marianist Sister living in Dayton. Her current ministry is as a Coordinator of Communications in a family of parishes. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Communications from Ball State University and a Masters degree in Pastoral Ministry from the University of Dayton. Her interest lies in ways art, design and communications can be used in ministry.

Fr. Thomas Mary Gilbert, O.C.D.S.

Fr. Thomas Mary Gilbert, O.C.D.S. is a Certificate Student in Marian Studies in the Department of Religious Studies. He has contributed multiple pieces to IMRI’s digital collection, including this piece titled “Mother and Teacher in the Spirit” with commentary, “I tried to have the hands of Mary perfectly conformed to the dove; in this way she teaches us to breathe with the Spirit.”

Caitlin Cipolla McCulloch, Ph.D. in Theology with Marian Certificate – 2025
Mary as Nurturer, A New Model for Contemporary Times

Elizabeth O. Acosta, S.T.L. – 2021
The Marian Theology of Saint Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167) as Present in His sermons, with Special Attention Given to the Reading-Cluny Collection

Marie Louise, Handal, S.T.L. – 2021
The Poetry of Saint John Henry Newman: Evolution of Mary's Image 1822-1890 and its Theological Implications

Keith Isaac Akira Jiron, S.T.D. – 2021
The Mariology of Saint Manuel Gonzalez Garcia (1877 – 1940)

James Raymond Koelsch, S.T.D. – 2021
The Magnificat as a Model for Witness in the New Evangelization in Light of Papal Teaching Since Vatican II

Rayar Kulandaisamy, S.T.D. – 2021
Vailankanni, a Marian Shrine in a Multi-Cultural and Multi-Religious Milieu: Toward a Model Theology for Vailankanni

Reverend Emmanuel Fale Lon, S.T.D. – 2021
The Place of Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, in the History and Mission of the Catholic Church in (Anglophone) Cameroon, 1890-2020

Reverend Simon Mary of the Cross. Carm., Nicholas M. Maroney, (secular name) S.T.D. – 2021
Mary, Summa Contemplatrix in Denis the Carthusian

Reverend Henry Matthias Sseriiso, S.T.D. – 2021
The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life and the Writings of Father Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) In the Light of the Mariology of the Second Vatican Council and Subsequent Developments

Maria Amélia Wanderley Volz, S.T.L. – 2021
The Marian Dimensions of Hokmah / Sophia: Integrating Exegesis and Theology, 1954-2013

Stuart Alan Schafer, S.T.D. – 2021
The Dwelling of God: the Theology Behind Marian Ark of the Covenant Typology of the First Millennium

 Richard Eugene Lenar, S.T.D. – 2021
With the Bohoroditsa and Her Pokrov to Liberation: A Continuing Marian Presence in the History and Devotion of the Ukrainian Catholic Diaspora

José Ignacio Iglesia Puig, S.M., S.T.D. – 2021
La Madre de Dios en el pensamiento y la obra de Jerzy Nowosielski: Su aportación a la Via pulchritudinis (The Mother of God in the Thought and Work of Jerzy Nowosielski: His Contribution to the Via Pulchritudinis)

Daniel M. Clough, S.T.L. – 2021
St. Lawrence of Brindisi : Mary in the Psalms as Model of the Spiritual Life

José Ignacio Iglesia Puig, S.M., S.T.L. – 2020
La Santísima Virgen María en el programa iconográfico pintado por Jerzy Nowosielski en la iglesia parroquial de la providencia divina de Varsovia-Wesola de Polonia (The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Iconographic Program Painted by Jerzy Nowosielski in the Warsaw-Wesola Parish Church of Divine Providence in Poland)

Keith Isaac Akira Jiron, S.T.L. – 2020
The Immaculate Mother as Foundational Principle in Mary's Role as Efficacious Helper, Teacher, and Intercessor in the Writings of Saint Manuel Gonzalez Garcia (1877-1940)

Reverend John-Luke (Jeffrey) P. Stahr, S.T.L. – 2020
The Blessed Virgin Mary's contemplation of the Eucharist : a study of Jean Gerson's Collectorium super Magnificat

Reverend Brian P. Taylor, S.T.L. – 2020
The Marian Thought of Dom Columba Marmion, O.S.B. (1858-1923)

Reverend Christopher George Roberts, S.T.L. – 2020
Ullathorne's The Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God (1904): Doctrinal Eclecticism, Pastoral Implications

Reverend Giuseppe M. Corradi, O.S.M., S.T.D. – 2020
The Historical Evolution of the Marian Ideal of the Order of the Servants of Mary, in Particular, Considering Devotion to the Sorrows and Compassion of the Mother of Christ from 1233-1987

Mello, Reverend Alexandre Awi – S.T.D. – 2019
Maria-Iglesia: Madre del Pueblo Misionero, Papa Francisco y la piedad popular Mariana a partier del contexto teológico-pastoral Latinoamericano (Mary–Church: Mother of the Missionary People – Pope Francis and Popular Marian Piety)

Maroney, Reverend Simon Mary of the Cross. Carm., Nicholas M. (secular name) – S.T.L. – 2019
Seminary Life and Formation Under Mary's Mantle: An Exploration of Mary's Presence and Mission in Initial Priestly Formation

Padgett, Christopher M. – S.T.L. – 2019
The Life and Mariology of Father Juniper B. Carol, O.F.M.

Lenar, Richard Eugene – S.T.L. – 2019
The Figure of Mary in Italian Opera: Theological Foundations and Technical Analysis

Garcia Gallegos, Maria Enriqueta – S.T.D. – 2019
Maŕa de Nazaret, la madre de Israel (Mary of Nazareth, the Mother of Israel)

Scherschligt, Michael A. – S.T.D. – 2019
The Development of the Historical and Theological Understanding of the Relationship of the Holy Spirit and Mary in the time between 1962 and 2005 based on Magisterial Documents and Theological Reflection

Kim, S.I.H.M., Kyounghee (Sister Maria Michaela) – S.T.L. – 2018
Mary’s Mission at the Foot of the Cross of Jesus in John 19:25-28a; in light of Isaac’s role in the Narrative of Abraham in Genesis 22:1-19

Myler, Very Reverend John T. – S.T.D. – 2017
Mary, The U.S. Bishops, and the Decade of Silence: The 1973 Pastoral Letter "Behold Your Mother, Woman of Faith"

Jack, Reverend John Robert – S.T.L. – 2015
San Juan de Ávila, Marian Preacher

Presta, Very Reverend James – S.T.D. – 2014
Cornelius A Lapide's Biblical Methodology used in Marian Texts and its Comparison with a Contemporary Approach

Garcia Gallegos, Maria Enriqueta – S.T.L. – 2014
Madre de Israel: Definición del concepto a partir de una exégesis del tí ulo y de autores judíos de la actualidad, mitad del siglo XX a la fecha, buscando establecer posibles implicaciones en María de Nazaret (Mother of Israel: Definition of the Concept from an Exegesis of the Title and of Jewish Authors of Today, Mid-Twentieth Century to Date, Seeking to Establish Possible Implications in Mary of Nazareth)

Adingra, S.M., Reverand Eugene Koutoua – S.T.D. – 2014
La place et le rôle de Marie dans l'église-famille de Dieu en Afrique : sur la base du rôle de la mère dans la famille africaine en général (The Place and Role of Mary in the Church-Family of God in Africa: Based on the Role of the Mother in the African Family in General)

Farley, Elizabeth – S.T.D. – 2013
The Use of the Wedding Feast at Cana, John 2:1-11 by the Latin Fathers in the Development of Marian Doctrine from the Second to the Eighth Century

Bulzacchelli, Richard H. – S.T.D. – 2012
Mary and the Acting Person: An Anthropology of Participatory Redemption in the Personalism of Karol Wojtyla/PopeJohn Paul II

Rhatigan, Laetitia – S.T.D. – 2012
Her will: The Writings and Works of Servant of God, Patrick J. Peyton, CSC, as They Reflect his Marian Spirituality

Roth, Gregory E. – S.T.D. – 2012
Paradox Beyond Nature: The Marian Homilies of Germanos I, Patriarch of Constantinople (715-730)

Dodd, Gloria Falcão – S.T.D. – 2011
The History and Theology of the Movement for the Dogmatic Definition of the Virgin Mary's Universal Mediation: 1896-1964

Farley, Elizabeth – S.T.L. – 2011
Mary, the Mother of Jesus at the Wedding of Cana: The Principal Interpretations by the Latin Fathers from the Second-Eighth Centuries

Mauriello, Reverend Matthew Rocco – S.T.L. – 2010
Venerable Pope Pius XII and the 1954 Marian Year: a Study of His Writings Within the Context of the Marian Devotion and Mariology in the 1950s

Adingra, S.M., Reverand Eugene Koutoua – S.T.L. – 2009
La pertinence de Ia foi de Marie dans les textes de l'Eglise les plus anciens (Ecritures) et les plus recents (Lumen Gentium et le Magistere depuis le Concile Vatican II) (The Relevance of Mary's Faith in the Oldest [Scriptures] and Most Recent Texts of the Church [Lumen Gentium and the Magisterium since the Second Vatican Council])

Campbell, Reverend Dwight P. – S.T.D. – 2009
The Historical Development and Theological Foundations of Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Relation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Caro Osorio, Reverend Ernesto Maria – S.T.D. – 2009
La Virginidad de Maria: Virginidad por el Reino: Exploración complexiva del ambiente socio-cultura-religioso de José y Maria previo a la Anunciación y de su Motivación hacia un matrimonio celibatrio. Vida celibataria ante la realización del Reino en clave Mesiánico--Escatológica Mt 19, 12; 1Cor 7, 26 (The Virginity of Mary: Virginity for the Kingdom: A Complex Exploration of the Socio-Cultural-Religious Environment of Joseph and Mary Prior to the Annunciation and of their Motivation Towards a Celibate Marriage: Celibate Life Before the Realization of the Kingdom in a Messianic-Eschatological Key Mt 19,12; 1Cor 7.26)

Garafalo, Robert C. – S.T.D. – 2009
The Mother of Jesus in the Cana Narrative (John 2:1-12), 1950-2005

Carvalho, Reverend Antonio J.C. – S.T.D. – 2008
A pessoa e a função da bem-aventurada Virgem Maria no livro aos sacerdotes Filhos prediletos de Nossa Senhora de Pe. Stefano Gobbi (Mary and the Marian Movement of Priests. A Comparative Study of Contemporary (magisterial) Mariology and the Presentation of Our Lady in Fr. Stefano Gobbi's Locutions)

Peters, Sister Danielle M. – S.T.D. – 2008
Ecce Educatrix Tua: The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary for a Pedagogy of Holiness in the Thought of John Paul II and Father Joseph Kentenich

Celestial, R.V.M., Sister Maria Rosa C. – S.T.L. – 2007
The Marian Character of Mother Ignacia's Spirituality

Alson, S.M.C., P. Javier – S.T.D. - 2007
La Cooperatión De Maria Y De La Iglesia En Perspectiva Ecumenica

Peters, Sister Danielle M. – S.T.L. – 2006
Ecce Educatrix Tua: the Blessed Virgin Mary as Bother and Educator Towards Holiness Through the Schoenstatt Covenant of Love

O'Cinnsealaigh, Reverend Benedict D. – S.T.D. – 2006
A Presentation and Analysis of the Marian Theology Contained in the Sermons of Adam of Dryburgh

Chua, M.I.C., Sister Celia – S.T.D. – 2006
Mary, Chinese Ancestor Veneration, and the Communion of Saints

Glavin, O.F.M. Cap., Reverend Leonard – S.T.D. – 2005
A Comparison Between the Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure on Mary, Mother of God

Calloway, Reverand Donald H. – S.T.L. – 2005
Purest of All Lilies: The Virgin Mary in the Spirituality of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska

Campbell, Reverend Dwight P. – S.T.L. – 2004
The Foundations for the Historical Development of Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Relation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Anthropological, Biblical, and Patristic

Leo, Jr., Reverend Frank – S.T.D. - 2004
The Virgin Mother in the Sermons of Fra Girolamo Savonarola

Kimball, Virginia M. – S.T.D. – 2003
Liturgical Illuminations: Discovering Received Tradition in the Eastern Orthros of Feasts of the Theotokos

Larocca, S.M.C., Reverand Antonio P. – S.T.D. – 2003
La Maternidad Espiritual De Maria: Acontecimiento, Permanencia Y Actualizazion De Su Presencia

Larocca, S.M.C., Reverand Antonio P. – S.T.L. – 2002
Magisterio y sentido de la fe: estudio de la relacion entre textos mariologicos del magisterio y la devocion mariana en: Latino America, Venezuela, y la Arquidiocesis de Barquisimeto

Leo, Jr., Reverend Frank – S.T.L. - 2002
The Virgin Mother in the Treatises of Fra Girolamo Savonarola

Bonacci, Reverend Louis A. – S.T.D. – 2002
The Marian Presence in the Life and Works of Saint Ignatius Loyola: From Private Revelation to Spiritual Exercises—the Cloth of Loyola's Allegiance

Scherschligt, Michael A. – S.T.L. – 2002
To Jesus Through Mary: History and Theology

Ajagbe, Reverend Sylvester – S.T.L. – 2001
The Place of Mary Among the Yoruba People of Nigeria (Diocese of Lokoja – A Case Study)

Alson, S.M.C., P. Javier – S.T.L. – 2001
La Corredencion Mariana: Un Estudio Sistematico de los Articulos Sobre La Corredencion en la Revista Estudios Marianos Deside el Volumen I AI Volumen LXIV (1942-1998)

Wiseman, O.P., Reverend Denis Vincent – S.T.D. – 2001
"Al Nome Di Gesù Cristo Crocifisso E Di Maria Dolce" Salvation and Mary in the Life and Writings of Catherine of Siena

Kim, S.M., Reverend Timothy – S.T.L. – 2001
Mary, the Model of All Christians in the Gospel of Luke: The Realized Eschatological Perspective on Discipleship to Jesus as seen in Mary as the Model-Figure (LK 1-2) and Manifested by Various Characters in Luke's Parables

O'Cinnsealaigh, Reverend Benedict D. – S.T.L. – 2000
The Marian Theology of Adam of Dryburgh

Kimball, Virginia M. – S.T.L. – 2000
Liturgical Illuminations: Marian Theology in the Ancient Eastern Orthros, Morning Hours

Duricy, Michael P. – S.T.L. – 2000
Mary in Film. An Analysis of Cinematic Presentations of the Virgin Mary from 1897-1999: A Theological Appraisal of a Socio-Cultural Reality

Chua, M.I.C., Sister Celia – S.T.L. – 2000
An Investigation on the Inculturation of Marian Devotion in Taiwan Catholicism: A Case Study of Marian Devotion at the Immaculate Conception Minor Basilica in Wanchin, Pingtung

Murphy, Reverend Myles P. – S.T.L. – 1999
The Life and Times of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Beachum, Reverend Edwin P. – S.T.D. – 1999
Francis and the Feminine: A Study of Women and the Blessed Mother in the Life of St. Francis

Naumann, Sister Rita Maria Isabell – S.T.D. – 1999
Cum Maria Ad Altare. Toward an Integration of Mariology and Ecclesiology

Frisk, Sister Jean M. – S.T.L. – 1998
Mary in Catechesis. A Comparative Study on Magisterial Catechetical Documents and Religion Textbooks for Elementary Schools in the United States from 1956-1998

Nachef, B.S.O., Reverend Antoine E. – S.T.D. – 1998
Virgin Mother in the Thought of the Cappadocian Fathers. Published later as Mary: Virgin Mother in the Theological Thought of St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory Nazianzen, and St. Gregory of Nyssa

Novotny, Ph.D., Ronald – S.T.L. – 1998
Mary, Fulfillment of Person in the Annunciation--A Study of the Dialogic Principle of Martin Buber and Hans Urs Von Balthasar. A Proposed Re-Reading of the Annunciation (as a dialogic event)

Roth, Gregory E. – S.T.L. – 1998
Ave Maria, o auctrix vite: Mary in the Visions of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Buffer, Reverend Thomas – S.T.L. – 1998
The Mariological Doctrine of Charles Journet, 1891-1975: A Survey

Mastrolia, Reverend Arthur J. – S.T.D. – 1998
Uncovering a Marian Attitude in the Works of C. S. Lewis

Gittens, Peter W. – S.T.D. – 1996
Magistra Apostolorum in the Writings of Rupert of Deutz

Davison, Reverend Timothy – S.T.L. – 1995
Immaculate Conception and Original Sin in Recent Authors: A Study in the Relationship Between These Two Doctrines

Boccardi, Brother Donald Raymond – S.T.D. - 1995
Contemporary Attitudes Toward Mary in the United States: The Reception of Ecumenical Dialogues by Clergy and Laity of Eight Denominations

Nolan, O.P., Sister Mary Catherine – S.T.D. – 1995
The Magnificat, Canticle of a Liberated People: A Hermeneutical Study of Luke 1:46-55. Investigating the World Behind the Text by Exegesis; The World in Front of the Text by Interpretive Inquiry

Tibbetts, S.F.O., James J. – S.T.L. – 1995
The Historical Development of Biblical Mariology Pre- and Post Vatican II (1943-1986 American Mariology)

Ahn, S.M., Brother Jung Han Beda – S.T.L. – 1994
A Comparative Study Between the Scriptural Images of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Kwuan Eum

Armstrong, S.T.L., J.C.L., Christopher R. – S.T.D. – 1993
Under the Veil of the Virgin: The Gradually Developing Relationship of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Britt, Ph.D., John F. – S.T.D. – 1993
Newman's Use of Sacred Scripture in Texts on the Incarnation and Mary

Duggan, Reverend Paul E. – S.T.D. – 1990
The Assumption Dogma: Some Reactions and Ecumenical Implications in the Thought of English-Speaking Theologians

Garafalo, Robert C. – S.T.L. – 1988
Memory and Method: A Study of Bernard Longeran’s Notion of Conversion and its Implications for Contemporary Marian Theology

Greco, D.W., Sister Rosemarie – S.T.L. – 1988
Mary and the Laity: Transitions and Perspectives in their Roles and Mutual Relationship (1952-1987)

Landolfi, S.M., Reverend Paul Joseph – S.T.L. – 1988
The Relationship of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary in the Writings and Life of the Venerable Fr. William Joseph Chaminade

Glavin, O.F.M. Cap., Reverend Leonard – S.T.L. – 1987
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, According to St. Thomas Aquinas

Roten, S.M., Reverend Johann G. – S.T.D. – 1987
In Zeichen der Ellipse: Die anthropologish-marianishce Theologie Hans Urs von Balthasars (In the Sign of the Ellipse: The Anthropological-Marian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar)

Buby, S.M., Reverand Bertrand A. – S.T.D. – 1986
Research on the Biblical Approach and the Method of Exegesis Appearing in the Greek Homiletic Texts of the Late Fourth and Early Fifth Centuries: Emphasizing the Incarnation, Especially the Nativity and Mary's Place Within It

Calkins, Reverand Arthur Burton – S.T.L. - 1986
John Paul II's Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: Christological Foundation

Boccardi, Brother Donald Raymond – S.T.L. - 1985
A Study of the Papers of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Britt, John F. – S.T.L. – 1977
A Status Quaestionis and Analytic Study of the Use of Apocalypse 12 by Newman in a "Letter to Pusey"

Zalecki, O.S.P.P.E., Reverend Marian – S.T.D. – 1975
Theology of a Marian Shrine: Our Lady of Czestochowa