St. Jerome Award

The St. Jerome Award, established in 1992, is presented by the Academic Libraries, Archives, and Library Education Section through the St. Jerome Award Committee. Named after St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church (331-420), patron of librarians, it is awarded in recognition of outstanding contribution and commitment to excellence in scholarship which embody the ideals of the Catholic Library Association.

2025 St. Jerome Award Winner - Dr. Mary Healy

4/14/2025

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Dr. Mary Healy has been named the 2025 recipient of the Jerome Award, the annual award given by the Catholic Library Association (CLA) “in recognition of outstanding contribution and commitment to excellence in scholarship which embody the ideals of the Catholic Library Association.” The Jerome Award ceremony will take place during the CLA Virtual Spring Conference on April 24-25, 2025.

Dr. Mary Healy is a professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and a bestselling author and international speaker. She is a general editor of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture and author of two of its volumes, The Gospel of Mark and Hebrews. Her other books include The Spiritual Gifts Handbook and Healing. Dr. Healy serves the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian unity as a member of the Pentecostal-Catholic International Dialogue. She is one of the first three women ever to serve on the Pontifical Biblical Commission, and is a consultor to the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
 

St. Jerome Award Recipients

2025 Dr. Mary Healy

2024 Fr. David J. Endres

2023 Sister Patricia Wittberg

2022 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

2021 Ignatius Press

2020 Mariological Society of America

2019 Charlie Camosy

2018 Fr. Bryan Massingale

2017 Dr. Massimo Faggioli

2016 Katarina Schuth, O.S.F.

2015 John O'Malley, SJ (read more)

2014 Bernard McGinn

2013 Leslie Woodcock Tentler

2012 Barbara E. Reid. OP

2011 Dr. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

2010 Rev. Virgilio Elizondo

2009 Rev. Peter C. Phan

2008 Rev. David Tracy

2007 Origins, Documentary Service-CNS (website)

2006 Jay P. Dolan

2005 Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ

2004 Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ (website)

2003 Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ (website)

2002 Monika K. Hellwig

2001 Orbis Books (website)

2000 Richard A. McCormick, SJ

1999 Walter J. Burghardt, SJ

1998 Liturgical Press, Michael Naughton, OSB (website)

1997 Raymond E. Brown, SS

1996 Roland E. Murphy, O.Carm.

1995 Cistercian Publications (website)

1994 Donald Senior, CP

1993 Claudia Carlen, IHM

1992 Michael Glazier