Gateley, Edwina 1943-

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GATELEY, Edwina 1943-

PERSONAL: Born May 20, 1943, in Lancaster, England; daughter of John C. and Catherine (Pye) Gateley; children: Niall K. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Sedgley College, Manchester, M.Ed., 1964; Catholic Theological Union (Chicago, IL), M.T.S., 1981. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES: Home—229 Eagle Point Blvd., Erie, PA 16511. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer. Missionary worker in Uganda, 1964–68; Volunteer Missionary Movement, England, founder, 1969–; Genesis House, Chicago, IL, founder, 1983. Public speaker, social activist, and certified HIV counselor.

AWARDS, HONORS: Named Catholic Woman of the Year: England and Wales, 1979; Spirit of St. Francis Award for Outstanding Catholic Laywoman in the State of Illinois, 1984; Association of Chicago Priests Award, 1986; U.S. Catholic Mission Association Award, 1986; Chicago Commission on Human Relations Award, 1987; Pope John XXIII Award, Viterbo College, 1988; Clare Award, 1993; Loretto Award, 1995; Call to Action National Leadership Award, 1998; Oscar Romero Award, Mercyhurst College, 1998; honorary doctorate, Rosemont College, 1998; Bishop Ketteler Award, Sisters of Divine Providence, 2005.

WRITINGS:

INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS

I Hear a Seed Growing, Source Books (Trabuco Canyon, CA), 1990.

A Warm, Moist, Salty God: Women Journeying toward Wisdom, Source Books (Trabuco Canyon, CA), 1993.

God Goes on Vacation, Source Books (Trabuco Canyon, CA), 1994.

There Was No Path, So I Trod One: Poems, Source Books (Trabuco Canyon, CA), 1996.

A Mystical Heart: Fifty-two Weeks in the Presence of God, Crossroad Publications (New York, NY), 1998.

Psalms of a Laywoman, Sheed and Ward (Franklin, WI), 1998.

God Goes to Church, Source Books (Trabuco Canyon, CA), 1999.

Growing into God, Sheed and Ward (Franklin, WI), 2000.

(With Jane Hammond-Clarke) Whispers: Conversations with Edwina Gateley, Source Books (Trabuco Canyon, CA), 2000.

Soul Sisters: Women in Scripture Speak to Women Today, Orbis Books (Maryknoll, NY), 2002.

Christ in the Margins: Icons and Biographies by Robert Lentz, Orbis Books (Maryknoll, NY), 2003.

Narrator of audio recordings, including Giving Birth to God and I Hear God Laughing, both Source Books, 1991; Rediscovery and Claiming the Feminine Soul, Source Books, 1992; Discipleship, St. Anthony Messenger Press.

WORK IN PROGRESS: God Goes to School, a children's book.