Background
Barry, Colman James was born on May 29, 1921 in Lake City, Minnesota, United States. Son of John and Frances (O'Brien) Barry.
( The first edition of Worship and Work: Saint John's Abb...)
The first edition of Worship and Work: Saint John's Abbey and University, 1856-1956, was published on the occasion of the centennial observance of Abbot BonifaceWimmer's first American monastic foundation in Minnesota. Reprinted in 1980 on the occasion of the fifteen-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abbot Saint Benedict, the work included an epilogue covering the first quarter of Saint John's second century. This third edition, published in 1993, contains the original, unabridged text of the first two editions, along with an epilogue covering 1980-1992.
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Barry, Colman James was born on May 29, 1921 in Lake City, Minnesota, United States. Son of John and Frances (O'Brien) Barry.
Bachelor, St. John's University, 1942. Master of Arts, Catholic University America, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic University America, 1953.
Secretary, American Benedictine Review
member of faculty, St. John's U., 1953-1994;
professor of history, St. John's U., 1953-1964;
president, St. John's U., 1964-1971;
executive director, Institute Spirituality, 1977-1982. President Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1982. Summer teacher San Raphael (California) College, 1956-1959, Catholic U. American, 1959-1964, dean religious studies, 1973-1977.
Visiting professor church history Yale University, 1973. Commission Jours. Academy and Professional, 1958. Chairman National Committee Education for Ecumenism, 1965.
Commr.N. Central Association Colls., 1966. President Association Minnesota Colls., 1967. Penfield fellow in, Germany, 1950, Society Religion in Higher Education fellow, 1972.
( The first edition of Worship and Work: Saint John's Abb...)
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Member American Catholic History Association (president 1976).