Patrick Hederman
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Mark Patrick Hederman, OSB, Abbot of Glenstal Abbey
, County Limerick, Ireland (as of 2009), is a Benedictine monk, teacher, lecturer and writer. Formerly headmaster of the school at Glenstal, he was later named academic dean.
Dom Patrick earned a doctorate degree from UCD
in the philosophy of education. He has lectured in philosophy and literature outside Ireland, most notably in the United States
and Nigeria
.
Hederman helped found the cultural journal, The Crane Bag. With Richard Kearney
he edited the two-volume collection The Crane bag book of Irish studies. (Dublin : Blackwater/Folens, 1982).
The election as fifth Abbot of Glenstal by the community of Benedictine monks, to an eight year term, "came as a shock to those who knew him and his work because of the maverick figure that he is in the Irish Church." Also, at 64, Hederman was the oldest to be chosen for the position since the monastery became an Abbey in the 1950s.
In a piece published in early 2011, Abbot Hederman was quoted by novelist and writer Russell Shorto
speaking about the sexual-abuse scandals in the Irish Catholic Church
.
Dom (title)
Dom is a title of respect prefixed to the given name. It derives from Latin Dominus.It is used in English for certain Benedictine and Carthusian monks, and for members of certain communities of Canons Regular. Examples include Benedictine monks of the English Benedictine Congregation...
Mark Patrick Hederman, OSB, Abbot of Glenstal Abbey
Glenstal Abbey
Glenstal Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located in Murroe, County Limerick. It is dedicated to Saint Joseph and Saint Columba. The current abbot of the monastery is Dom Patrick Hederman, OSB...
, County Limerick, Ireland (as of 2009), is a Benedictine monk, teacher, lecturer and writer. Formerly headmaster of the school at Glenstal, he was later named academic dean.
Biography
Hederman comes from Ballingarry, the second son in a family of four. Of Glenstal, he said in 2009, "I came here as a boy to school when I was twelve years of age, and apart from about ten years of my life spent in Africa, America and other parts of Europe, I have never lived anywhere else. ... It only existed as a monastery thirty years before I arrived."Dom Patrick earned a doctorate degree from UCD
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
in the philosophy of education. He has lectured in philosophy and literature outside Ireland, most notably in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
.
Hederman helped found the cultural journal, The Crane Bag. With Richard Kearney
Richard Kearney
Richard Kearney is the Charles Seelig professor of philosophy at Boston College and has taught at many universities including University College Dublin, the Sorbonne, and the University of Nice.-Biography:...
he edited the two-volume collection The Crane bag book of Irish studies. (Dublin : Blackwater/Folens, 1982).
The election as fifth Abbot of Glenstal by the community of Benedictine monks, to an eight year term, "came as a shock to those who knew him and his work because of the maverick figure that he is in the Irish Church." Also, at 64, Hederman was the oldest to be chosen for the position since the monastery became an Abbey in the 1950s.
In a piece published in early 2011, Abbot Hederman was quoted by novelist and writer Russell Shorto
Russell Shorto
Russell Shorto is an American author, historian and journalist, best known for his book on the Dutch origins of New York City, The Island at the Center of the World...
speaking about the sexual-abuse scandals in the Irish Catholic Church
Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland
The Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland is a major chapter in the worldwide Catholic sexual abuse scandal. Unlike the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, the scandal in Ireland included cases of high-profile Catholic clerics involved in illicit heterosexual relations as well as...
.
Writings
- Anchoring the altar, published by Veritas House (2002); ISBN 10 1853905992, ISBN 13 9781853905995
- The Haunted Inkwell: Art and Our Future (paperback), published by Columba Press (1 January 2001); ISBN 1856073475, ISBN 978-1856073479
- Underground Cathedrals, published by Columba Press (31 May 2010); ISBN 1856076954, ISBN 978-1856076951
- Walkabout: Life as Holy Spirit, published by Columba Press (20 May 2005), ISBN 1856074765; ISBN 978-1856074766
- Kissing the Dark: Connecting with the Unconscious, published by Veritas Publications (15 December 1999; 25 March 2005 as paperback); ISBN 1853904244, ISBN 978-1853904240
- Tarot: Talisman or Taboo? - Reading the World as Symbol, published by Currach Press (1 May 2003); ISBN 1856079023, ISBN 978-1856079020
External links
- http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1420453A/Mark_Patrick_Hederman
- http://www.materdei.ie/index.cfm/page/newsarchive/id/66
- http://journalistsueleonard.blogspot.com/2010/12/abbot-of-glenstal-mark-patrick-hederman.html