Background
Oates, Mary Josephine was born on April 18, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Thomas Francis and Mary (Folan) Oates.
( From their earliest days in America, Catholics organize...)
From their earliest days in America, Catholics organized to initiate and support charitable activities. A rapidly growing church community, although marked by widening church and ethnic differences, developed the extensive network of orphanages, hospitals, schools, and social agencies that came to represent the Catholic way of giving. But changing economic, political, and social conditions have often provoked sharp debate within the church about the obligation to give, priorities in giving, appropriate organization of religious charity, and the locus of authority over philanthropic resources. This first history of Catholic philanthropy in the United States chronicles the rich tradition of the church's charitable activities and the increasing tension between centralized control of giving and democratic participation.
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Oates, Mary Josephine was born on April 18, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Thomas Francis and Mary (Folan) Oates.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Catholic University America, Washington, 1963. Master of Arts, Yale University, New Haven, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, 1969.
Member Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, since 1952. Assistant professor economics Regis College, Weston, 1970—1974, associate professor economics, 1974—1980, professor economics, 1980—2000, research professor economics, since 2000. Chair committee on international fellowships and awards American Association of University Women, Washington, 1978—1980, chair committee on fellowships to American women, 1983—1985.
Member national advisory board Project on Religion and American Culture, Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis, 1988—1990. Member committee on research National Federation of Congregations of Sisters of St. Joseph, United States and Canada, St. Louis, 1988—1996. Consultant religion division program Lilly Endowment, Indianapolis, 1992.
Member currriculum development project Center for the Study of Philanthropy, City University of New York, New York City, 1996—1999. Chair committee on Catholic women University of Notre Dame - Lilly Endowment Research Initiative in Twentieth Century Studies in American Catholicism, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1997—2000.
( From their earliest days in America, Catholics organize...)
Member history advisory board Museum of Women's History - The Leadership Center, New York City, since 2000. Consultant United States Civil Service Commission - Boston Region, 1971. Member women's strategy group Giving New England, Associated Grant Makers, 2001—2003.
Member ad hoc committee on stewardship National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, 1990. Member investment committee Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, since 1977. Member board directors Takayasu's Arteritis Association, Bedford, New Hampshire, 1998—2002.
Member of Massachusetts History Society, American Catholic History Association (chair, book prize committee 1997-1998, Second vice president 2005), Economic History Association (program committee 1971-1973), Social Science History Association 1982, (chair, book prize committee 1990-1991), Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (book prize committee 2001), Organization of America Historians, American History Association, Phi Beta Kappa.