Catharine Murray Ryan was born in Bronxville, New York and received a BA in Economics from Newton College of the Sacred Heart in 1968. In 1993, she earned a master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry from the Theology Department of Duquesne University. Catharine has called Pittsburgh her home since 1969 and has been active in several community and church organizations, has worked as a Chaplain at Magee-Womens Hospital and Forbes Regional Hospital, and served on the Boards of UPMC Children's Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation, as well as the Board of Directors of Duquesne University. In 2002, she co-founded the National Institute for Newman Studies (NINS).
On October 5, 2025, our own NINS co-founder Catharine Ryan was invited to give a sermon at St. Mary's University Church in Oxford, standing at the same pulpit from which John Henry Newman preached 200 years ago. This sermon was first published on the University Church website and is reposted here with their permission.
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