Sister Maura Eichner, SSND
(née Catherine Alice Eichner)
Daughter
of Mary Doyle and Andrew Eichner
School Sister of Notre Dame
First Profession 1936
Motherhouse
Baltimore, Maryland
Professor of English
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
1942 to 1992
Poet
Sister Maura taught literature and creative writing for 50 years at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, inspiring generations of students with a love for poetry, for literature, for writing, and for the word. Over those years her students won many awards in national writing contests sponsored by The Atlantic Monthly, Lyric, and other magazines. In the 21 years of Atlantic's student-writing contests, Sister Maura's students won an astonishing 297 awards, including nine first-place honors.
While encouraging students to go on to successful careers in writing and related fields, she also established a national reputation as a prolific and distinguished poet.
She published more than 350 poems in literary magazines, journals, and newspapers including America, The New York Times, Yale Review, and Commonweal. Many of her poems were collected in eight books of poetry including "Initiate the Heart" (1946), "The Word is Love" (1958), "Walking on Water" (1972), "What We Women Know" (1980), and "Hope is a Blind Bard" (1989). Her work was also recorded for the poetry collections of Lamont Library at Harvard and for the Library of Congress. Sister Maura, herself, was mentioned in the book "A Right to Be Merry" by Mother Mary Francis, PCC.
She received numerous awards for distinguished teaching including the Teacher of Year Award from the Maryland Council of Teachers of English in 1982; Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1985; and Theodore Hesburgh Award for Contributions to Higher Education from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities in 1985.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Sister Maura entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1933 and professed first vows in 1936. Prior to teaching at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Sister Maura taught at St. Mary School in Annapolis, Md. (1936-38) and at Notre Dame High School, then located on the property of College of Notre Dame of Maryland (1938-41).
"Words alone cannot express the power of Sister Maura's influence. Her grace, intelligence and wisdom are wrapped around and woven through the very best of what Notre Dame offers to students every day," said the President of College of Notre Dame of Maryland. "She ignited the minds and hearts of countless women leaders who carry her spirit of excellence, passion, and faith into the world with unbounded hope. Notre Dame's graduates – past, present and future – are her legacy to the world. We will miss her."
The Sister Maura Eichner Endowed Chair in English was established in 2004 to honor the work of Sister Maura as a poet, teacher, and mentor.
(School Sisters of Notre Dame, Atlantic-Midwest Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
(née Catherine Alice Eichner)
Daughter
of Mary Doyle and Andrew Eichner
School Sister of Notre Dame
First Profession 1936
Motherhouse
Baltimore, Maryland
Professor of English
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
1942 to 1992
Poet
Sister Maura taught literature and creative writing for 50 years at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, inspiring generations of students with a love for poetry, for literature, for writing, and for the word. Over those years her students won many awards in national writing contests sponsored by The Atlantic Monthly, Lyric, and other magazines. In the 21 years of Atlantic's student-writing contests, Sister Maura's students won an astonishing 297 awards, including nine first-place honors.
While encouraging students to go on to successful careers in writing and related fields, she also established a national reputation as a prolific and distinguished poet.
She published more than 350 poems in literary magazines, journals, and newspapers including America, The New York Times, Yale Review, and Commonweal. Many of her poems were collected in eight books of poetry including "Initiate the Heart" (1946), "The Word is Love" (1958), "Walking on Water" (1972), "What We Women Know" (1980), and "Hope is a Blind Bard" (1989). Her work was also recorded for the poetry collections of Lamont Library at Harvard and for the Library of Congress. Sister Maura, herself, was mentioned in the book "A Right to Be Merry" by Mother Mary Francis, PCC.
She received numerous awards for distinguished teaching including the Teacher of Year Award from the Maryland Council of Teachers of English in 1982; Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1985; and Theodore Hesburgh Award for Contributions to Higher Education from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities in 1985.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Sister Maura entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1933 and professed first vows in 1936. Prior to teaching at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Sister Maura taught at St. Mary School in Annapolis, Md. (1936-38) and at Notre Dame High School, then located on the property of College of Notre Dame of Maryland (1938-41).
"Words alone cannot express the power of Sister Maura's influence. Her grace, intelligence and wisdom are wrapped around and woven through the very best of what Notre Dame offers to students every day," said the President of College of Notre Dame of Maryland. "She ignited the minds and hearts of countless women leaders who carry her spirit of excellence, passion, and faith into the world with unbounded hope. Notre Dame's graduates – past, present and future – are her legacy to the world. We will miss her."
The Sister Maura Eichner Endowed Chair in English was established in 2004 to honor the work of Sister Maura as a poet, teacher, and mentor.
(School Sisters of Notre Dame, Atlantic-Midwest Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
Sister Maura Eichner, SSND
(née Catherine Alice Eichner)
Daughter
of Mary Doyle and Andrew Eichner
School Sister of Notre Dame
First Profession 1936
Motherhouse
Baltimore, Maryland
Professor of English
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
1942 to 1992
Poet
Sister Maura taught literature and creative writing for 50 years at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, inspiring generations of students with a love for poetry, for literature, for writing, and for the word. Over those years her students won many awards in national writing contests sponsored by The Atlantic Monthly, Lyric, and other magazines. In the 21 years of Atlantic's student-writing contests, Sister Maura's students won an astonishing 297 awards, including nine first-place honors.
While encouraging students to go on to successful careers in writing and related fields, she also established a national reputation as a prolific and distinguished poet.
She published more than 350 poems in literary magazines, journals, and newspapers including America, The New York Times, Yale Review, and Commonweal. Many of her poems were collected in eight books of poetry including "Initiate the Heart" (1946), "The Word is Love" (1958), "Walking on Water" (1972), "What We Women Know" (1980), and "Hope is a Blind Bard" (1989). Her work was also recorded for the poetry collections of Lamont Library at Harvard and for the Library of Congress. Sister Maura, herself, was mentioned in the book "A Right to Be Merry" by Mother Mary Francis, PCC.
She received numerous awards for distinguished teaching including the Teacher of Year Award from the Maryland Council of Teachers of English in 1982; Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1985; and Theodore Hesburgh Award for Contributions to Higher Education from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities in 1985.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Sister Maura entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1933 and professed first vows in 1936. Prior to teaching at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Sister Maura taught at St. Mary School in Annapolis, Md. (1936-38) and at Notre Dame High School, then located on the property of College of Notre Dame of Maryland (1938-41).
"Words alone cannot express the power of Sister Maura's influence. Her grace, intelligence and wisdom are wrapped around and woven through the very best of what Notre Dame offers to students every day," said the President of College of Notre Dame of Maryland. "She ignited the minds and hearts of countless women leaders who carry her spirit of excellence, passion, and faith into the world with unbounded hope. Notre Dame's graduates – past, present and future – are her legacy to the world. We will miss her."
The Sister Maura Eichner Endowed Chair in English was established in 2004 to honor the work of Sister Maura as a poet, teacher, and mentor.
(School Sisters of Notre Dame, Atlantic-Midwest Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
(née Catherine Alice Eichner)
Daughter
of Mary Doyle and Andrew Eichner
School Sister of Notre Dame
First Profession 1936
Motherhouse
Baltimore, Maryland
Professor of English
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
1942 to 1992
Poet
Sister Maura taught literature and creative writing for 50 years at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, inspiring generations of students with a love for poetry, for literature, for writing, and for the word. Over those years her students won many awards in national writing contests sponsored by The Atlantic Monthly, Lyric, and other magazines. In the 21 years of Atlantic's student-writing contests, Sister Maura's students won an astonishing 297 awards, including nine first-place honors.
While encouraging students to go on to successful careers in writing and related fields, she also established a national reputation as a prolific and distinguished poet.
She published more than 350 poems in literary magazines, journals, and newspapers including America, The New York Times, Yale Review, and Commonweal. Many of her poems were collected in eight books of poetry including "Initiate the Heart" (1946), "The Word is Love" (1958), "Walking on Water" (1972), "What We Women Know" (1980), and "Hope is a Blind Bard" (1989). Her work was also recorded for the poetry collections of Lamont Library at Harvard and for the Library of Congress. Sister Maura, herself, was mentioned in the book "A Right to Be Merry" by Mother Mary Francis, PCC.
She received numerous awards for distinguished teaching including the Teacher of Year Award from the Maryland Council of Teachers of English in 1982; Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1985; and Theodore Hesburgh Award for Contributions to Higher Education from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities in 1985.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Sister Maura entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1933 and professed first vows in 1936. Prior to teaching at College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Sister Maura taught at St. Mary School in Annapolis, Md. (1936-38) and at Notre Dame High School, then located on the property of College of Notre Dame of Maryland (1938-41).
"Words alone cannot express the power of Sister Maura's influence. Her grace, intelligence and wisdom are wrapped around and woven through the very best of what Notre Dame offers to students every day," said the President of College of Notre Dame of Maryland. "She ignited the minds and hearts of countless women leaders who carry her spirit of excellence, passion, and faith into the world with unbounded hope. Notre Dame's graduates – past, present and future – are her legacy to the world. We will miss her."
The Sister Maura Eichner Endowed Chair in English was established in 2004 to honor the work of Sister Maura as a poet, teacher, and mentor.
(School Sisters of Notre Dame, Atlantic-Midwest Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
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