About
Sister of the Congregatio Jesu an order founded in 1609 by the Venerable Mary Ward which has the same Constitutions as the Society of Jesus. The Congregation is currently in a process of merger with the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loretto). She came from Scotland to Canada in 2001. In 2012 she was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be a theological expert at the Synod on the New Evangelization for the transmission of the Christian Faith. She is a member of the Theological Commission of the Conference of Religious in Canada and by appointment of the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops a member of the Faith and Witness Commission (Theological Commission) of the Canadian Council of Churches. Sr. Gill is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Von Hugel Institute, at St. Edmund’s College University of Cambridge, UK. In 2021 Sr. Gill was appointed by Cardinal Grech to the Theological Commission of the Synod 2021-2024.
Alongside her work as a theologian she undertakes a ministry of spiritual direction and retreat work. Sr. Gill has for many years given the 30 days Spiritual Exercises, to diocesan priests each Summer at the Institute for Priestly Formation at Creighton university.
Selected Publications
- Reform, Revival or Reversal: The Reformation 500 Years on: A Response to Ephraim Radner in Pro Ecclesia (Winter 2016)
- A Church of Passion and Hope: The Formation of An Ecclesial Dispostion from Ignatius Loyola to Pope Francis. (London: Bloomsbury, 2015)
- “Holiness of Mind and Heart: The Dynamic Imperative of Conversion and Contemplation for the study of Theology.” in Ed. James Keating, Entering Into the Mind of Christ: The True Nature of Theology, (Omaha: University of Creighton, Institute of Priestly Formation, 2014) 91-119.
- “Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of Vocation” in The Disciple’s Call: Theologies of Vocation from Scripture to the Present Day (London: Bloomsbury, T & T Clark, 2013)
- “Balthasar and The Contemplation of Truth” in ed. Lambert Zuidervaart, Truth Matters (Montreal: McGill Queen’s University Press, 2013)
- “The Irreducible Particularity of Christ in the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar” in International Theological Symposium on The Eucharist as Communion, (Maynooth: National University of Ireland, 2012)
- “Rules for Right Thinking with the Church” in Good Shepherds: Living Christ’s Own Pastoral Authority, ed. James Keating, (Omaha: Institute of Priestly Formation, Institute for Priestly Formation Publications, 2012), 59-78
- “Credible Communion – The Witness of Contemporary Religious Life” Pastoral and Homiletic Review, (accepted for late 2012 publication)
- “Mary Ward and the Ignatian Charism” The Way, 51/3, 2012, 43-58
- “Love Alone is Credible”, chapter included in Renewing Apostolic Religious Life, ed. Fr. R Gribble (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2011), 111-127.
- “A Church of Passion and Hope, An Ignatian Perspective” Milltown Studies, 64, Winter 2009, 9-29
- “A Glimpse of Glory” Religious Life Review Jan/Feb 2009, 19-27
- “Vanpunkten vid Cardoner” Polanco Nr. 3-4/2009
- “The Cardoner Imperative”, The Way 47 (2008) 243-259.
- Foreword to the 2007 edition of St. Ignatius Loyola: Letters to Women, ed.Hugo Rahner SJ, [New York: Crossroad,2007] xxv-xxvii
- “Truth and Silence: Learning from Abuse”, The Way, October 2003, 44-55.
- “Passion, Prophecy and Perseverance – The leitmotif of Carmel”, Toronto Journal of Theology, 21/2, Spring 2005, 169-181.
- Creative Perseverance: Sustaining Life-Giving Ministry in Today’s Church, Ottawa, Novalis, 2003.
- On the Edge of Mystery: Towards A Spiritual Hermeneutic of the Urban Margins, Bern, Peter Lang, 2000.
- ‘Adrienne von Speyr: Woman of Reconciliation’ in Adrienne von Speyr: Una donna nel cuore del Ventesimo secolo, a cura di Jaques Servais (Cantagalli EU Press: Rome, Italy, 2020) 79-90
- ‘Towards a Theological and Synodal Response to the Abuse Crisis’ New Blackfriars, Vol 102, No. 1097, January 2021 96-107
- ‘Catholicism and Consecrated Life’ chapter for monograph on ‘Catholicism’ by Blackwell, Oxford, forthcoming 2023
- ‘Pope Francis and Mercy: A dynamic theological hermeneutic’ (Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023)
Education
BA, History and Politics (University of York)
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (University of Sussex)
MTh (University of London)
STL (Regis College)
PhD (University of Edinburgh)
Research Fellowship (University of Edinburgh)
Research & Teaching Focus
- Systematic Theology
- Spirituality