Mary Healy

Mary Healy (born 1964) is an American Catholic theologian, missionary, and author. She is an associate professor of biblical studies at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary, in Detroit, Michigan, and a senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

Healy is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She later earned a Master of Arts degree in theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and a licentiate at the International Theological Institute in Gaming, Austria. She completed her doctorate in biblical theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 2000.

Healy served for several years as the Coordinator of Mother of God Community, a lay Catholic community in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She is a frequent visitor/organizer of conferences where topics include biblical interpretations, Catholic theology of the body and spiritual life.

Healy has published several books, as an author, co-author, or editor. Some of her popular books are:

• Men and Women Are From Eden: A Study Guide to John Paul II's Theology of the Body, 2005
• Gospel of Mark, The (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture), November 2008
• Hebrews (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture), August 2016
• The Spiritual Gifts Handbook: Using Your Gifts to Build the Kingdom, March 2018
• Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation, 2004

Articles

• “Knowledge of the Mystery: A Study in Pauline Epistemology,” in The Bible and Epistemology: Biblical Soundings on the Knowledge of God.
• “Inspiration and Incarnation: The Christological Analogy and the Hermeneutics of Faith,” Letter & Spirit 2 (2006), 27-41.
• “Behind, in Front of… or Through the Text? The Christological Analogy and the Lost Realm of Biblical Truth,” in Behind the Text? History and Biblical Interpretation.
• “Thinking and Talking about Love,” Share the Word 25 (Jan. 2004).
• In His Image, a regular column on biblical anthropology, Christianity.com web site, Fall 2000.