Brother Seán Sammon,
F.M.S. (November 26, 1947 – September 9, 2022) was the former Superior General of the
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brothe ...
order, a role he held from October 3, 2001, until 2009.
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Brothers. Superiors General. Seán Sammon
Biography
Brother Seán's parents were immigrants to the United States, his father from Ireland, his mother from England. He attended the Marist-run
St. Agnes Boys High School
Saint Agnes Boys High School was a small, all-boys, private Catholic high school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was run by the Marist Brothers in conjunction with the Archdiocese of New York. The mascot of St. Agnes was t ...
, and continued on to the juniorate in
Cold Spring-on-Hudson, New York. His novitiate was made in
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
Tyngsborough (also spelled Tyngsboro) is a town in northern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Tyngsborough is from Boston along the Route 3 corridor, and located on the New Hampshire state line. At the 2020 census, the town popula ...
, and in 1967 he pronounced his first vows.
Education
In 1970 Brother Seán graduated from
Marist College
Marist College is a private university in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded in 1905, Marist was formed by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious institute, to prepare brothers for their vocations as educators. In 2003, it became a secular in ...
in
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie ...
. He taught at his
alma mater while studying at
The New School
The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...
where he earned a Master's degree in 1973. In 1982 he received a doctorate in clinical psychology from
Fordham University. In 1978 he was invited to be a staff member at the House of Affirmation, a renewal and rehabilitation center in
Massachusetts
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, and was named its International Clinical Director in 1982, a position he held until 1987. At the present time, he is a licensed psychologist in the State of New York and a member of the National Register of Health Care Providers.
Books
He has published 10 books and multiple articles on topics of religious life and
psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...
. He was named provincial of the
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie ...
Province in 1987 and was elected president of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men Religious of the US. He has been Vicar General of the Marist Brothers since 1993. He was elected Superior General of the Marist Brothers on October 3, 2001,
a position he held until 2009. After returning back to the United States, Brother Seán was appointed the Scholar in Residence at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Honors
In 2009 he received the title of Doctor honoris causa, from the
Catholic Pontifical University of Paraná, Brazil.
Brother Seán Sammon Doctor honoris causa. Fiftieth anniversary of the PUC of Paraná
25/03/2009
See also
* Charles Howard
References
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Marist Brothers
Marist College alumni
Marist College faculty
Living people
People from Manhattan
1947 births