Background
Wilkins, Christine Catherine was born on July 12, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Paul Gordon and Christine Catherine (MacIsaac) Wilkins.
Wilkins, Christine Catherine was born on July 12, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Paul Gordon and Christine Catherine (MacIsaac) Wilkins.
Diploma, Cambridge (Massachusetts) City Hospital, 1953. Bachelor of Science, Boston College, 1963. Postgraduate, Boston University, 1965.
Montessori certified, St. Nicholas Training Center, London, 1971. Master of Education in Counseling and Psychology, Cambridge College, 1991. Certified family therapy, Kantor Family Institute, Cambridge, 1992.
Psychiatric nursing supervisor, Ring Sanitarium, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1954-1957; nursing staff, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1957-1963; admissions director, freshman director and advisor, clinical instructor, School of Nursing, Melrose (Massachusetts)/Wakefield Hospital, 1963-1966; consultant, Department of Public Health, Boston, 1966-1968; founder, directress, Melrose Montessori School, 1968-1974; nursing home administrator, co-owner, Simmons Nursing Home, North Billerica, Massachusetts, since 1974.
With Haitian Missionaries of Charity (Order of Mother Theresa), Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1988. Founder, leader Lexington (Massachusetts) Great Books Discussion, 1983-1994. Secretary Metropolitan Boston Great Books Council, 1983-1985, executive board, 1980-1990.
Treasurer Cambridge Opera Workshop Company, 1979-1987. Board directors The Listening Place Counseling Center, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1989-1992. Mem;. Guild of the Infant Savior, Winchester, Massachusetts, since 1962, Friends of Carl Jung, Boston, 1986-1990, Great Books Colby College Institute, Waterville, Massachusetts, 1975-1992.
Member American Association of University Women (committee chairwoman 1976-1977 Melrose/Wakefield branch), Thoreau Society, Thoreau Lyceum.
Married J.T. Silva, Oct 12, 1954 (divorced July 1976). Children: Christine Catherine Sheeks, Margaret Anne Silva.