Mary Rice Hasson: 10 Years at EPPC

On Saturday April 2nd, Mary Rice Hasson celebrated ten years as a scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center! Mary was welcomed to EPPC as a fellow in 2012 by former EPPC President Ed Whelan, was named EPPC’s Kate O’Beirne Fellow in 2018, and in celebration of Mary’s ten wonderful years, current EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson has announced that Mary will now hold the title of Kate O’Beirne Senior Fellow.

Some highlights of Mary’s work and accomplishments during her time at EPPC:

2012

• Ed Whelan welcomes Mary Rice Hasson to the Ethics and Public Policy Center as a fellow in the Catholic Studies Program

Mary Hasson writes insightfully on a broad range of topics,” observed EPPC President Ed Whelan, “and her ongoing project on Catholic women and sexual morality promises to be of special interest. It’s great to have her on board.”

• Mary co-authored the report “What Catholic Women Think About Faith, Conscience, and Contraception”

2014

• Mary organized a symposium on women and the Church with Professor Helen Alvaré
• Following the symposium, EPPC’s Catholic Women’s Forum is established: an international network for Catholic women seeking to engage the culture, serve the Church, and collaborate for more effective evangelization

2015

• Mary and Seamus Hasson were awarded the CIC’s Annual John Paul II Award for the New Evangelization for their “exemplary commitment to proclaiming Christ to all peoples”

• Promise and Challenge: Catholic Women Reflect on Feminism, Complementarity, and the Church, edited by Mary, is published

• Mary comments on Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. on C-SPAN

2016

• CWF Panel: Courts, Culture, and the Church: Anticipating the Trump Presidency

2017

• CWF Symposium: A Feminine Lens on the Enduring Problem of Poverty
• CWF Panel: Sexual Harassment, Power, and Relationships: What Faith and Feminism Have to Say

• Mary serves as a keynote speaker for the Holy See during the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women addressing Women and Work

2018

• Mary Hasson becomes EPPC’s Kate O’Beirne Fellow
• CWF Symposium: The Sexual Revolution: Truth and Consequences
• CWF Panel: The #MeToo Moment: Second Thoughts on the Sexual Revolution
• CWF Kate O’ Beirne Event: The Future of the Church: Synod, Scandal, and Solace
• Mary Hasson and Theresa Farnan co-author Get Out Now: Why You Should Pull Your Child from Public School before It’s Too Late

• Mary authors a chapter for Venus and Virtue: Celebrating Sex and Seeking Sanctification

• Mary is a keynote speaker for the Holy See during the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women addressing education
• Mary’s letter to Pope Francis from Catholic women seeking answers about the abuse crisis drew over 47,000 signatures

2019

• CWF Symposium: Man and Woman in Dialogue On Identity, Complementarity, and Mission
• Mary co-founds EPPC’s Person and Identity Project to offer formation, workshops, and pastoral guidance on transgender issues and the human person

• Mary is a keynote speaker for the Holy See during the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women addressing gender ideology
• Mary assisted in conducting and submitting a report to the Vatican surveying Catholic women about the clergy abuse crisis. The final submission to the Vatican in January 2019 included survey results, testimony of a victim’s mother, and recommendations from Catholic women seminary professors.

2020

• The Person and Identity Project received a grant from Our Sunday Visitor to create website content and conduct a survey project regarding Catholic millennials’ opinions of gender ideology

2021

• CWF Webinar: What Does it Mean to be Pro-Life?
• Mary testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee against the Equality Act
• Mary testified before the Australian Parliament, New South Wales in support of parental rights legislation
• The Person and Identity Project:
  • gave presentations nationwide to over 275 priests, 2,270 parents and young adults, and 3,870 educators, catechists, and ministry leaders
  • Responded to inquiries from 11 countries, 34 U.S. States, and 26 Dioceses or Archdioceses
• Mary stars in Edify’s video: When Gender Identity Wins, Females Lose

2022

• Mary Rice Hasson and EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson filed an amicus curiae brief in Tingley v. Ferguson, challenging a law in Washington state that mandates therapists serve minors use a “gender-affirmation-only” approach
• EPPC scholars Ryan T. Anderson, Roger Severino, Rachel N. Morrison, and Mary Rice Hasson submitted a public comment opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would mandate health insurers cover a wide array of dangerous and irreversible medical and surgical transgender procedures, including for children
• EPPC’s Rachel N. Morrison and Mary Hasson met with federal government officials to discuss concerns over an upcoming proposed rule by the Department of Education that would impact Title IX regulations. The EPPC scholars shared eight major points of concern, including the harms of redefining “sex discrimination” to include “gender identity.”
• Mary authored the chapter “Sexual Identity, Gender Ideology, and Religious Freedom: The Tug of War over ‘Who We Are,’ – Schools as Battlegrounds,” in the Handbook of Church and State, Shannon Holzer, ed. (New York, NY: Palgrave, expected publication fall 2022)
• In 2022 alone, Mary Hasson has already given 25 presentations nationwide

Congratulations to Mary Hasson on ten wonderful years! Learn more about Mary and her work on her EPPC Scholar Page and the Person and Identity Project Website.