Maricarmen Bracamontes, O.S.B.
Centro de Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres, Santa Escolástica
Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maricarmen Bracamontes, O.S.B. is a founding member and teacher at CEDIMSE, S.C.  (CEntro de Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres, Santa Escolástica).  Maricarmen joined a Benedictine community in Mexico City in 1980 after completing studies in General Medicine. In 1992 she formed part of a new foundation that transplanted the Benedictine charism to Torreon, Coahuila, a semi-desert region in north central Mexico, where she lives with her monastic community in Pan de Vida Monastery. There she helped found CEDIMSE (St. Scholastica’s Center for the Development of Women); and continues to give workshops and classes in Social Analysis and Biblical Spirituality with a gender perspective.  Maricarmen also works in an advisory capacity with many Mexican Religious Institutes.

Maricarmen completed her Licentiate in Theology at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. At present she is a doctoral candidate in the DMin program as a Bernardin Scholar at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.  She has been a member of the (ERT) Theological Reflection Team for the Mexican National Conference of Religious Institutes since 2003, as well as a theological advisor for the CLAR (Latin American Conference of Religious) since 2006. In 2002 and 2008 she made presentations in Gatherings of Women Theologians from Latin America and Germany.  In August 2008 she participated in the IV International Theological Congress in Medellin, Colombia on the Situation of Theology in Latin America on the 40th Anniversary of the Latin American Bishop’s Meeting in Medellin. 

Maricarmen’s most recent articles have been published in the CLAR’s Magazine. Her books include: Jesús de Nazaret y las Mujeres de su tiempo.  3erd Edition, 2005; Mujeres y Derechos Humanos: Aportes Sociales y Eclesiales. Co-authored with Patricia Henry,  O.S.B., 4th ed. in preparation; Algunas Reflexiones sobre el Jubileo de las Mujeres, co-authored with Patricia Henry O.S.B. published in 2000 in collaboration with the Mexican Episcopal Commission for Social Action.