Catherine Fyodorovna Doherty (née Kolyshkina; by her first husband, de Hueck; August 15, 1896, Nizhny Novgorod — December 14, 1985, Combermere, Canada) was a religious figure and writer of the Russian diaspora, and the founder of the Catholic community "Madonna House" in Canada.[1]
Origins and emigration
She was born in Nizhny Novgorod into a wealthy aristocratic family.[1] In 1919, together with her first husband, she emigrated — successively through Finland and Great Britain — to Canada. That same year, 1919, while in Great Britain, she converted to Catholicism.[1]
Religious activity
In Canada, Catherine Doherty took an active part in the organization "Catholic Action," and in 1947 she founded the Catholic community "Madonna House," which was later officially recognized by the Catholic Church.[1]
Literary legacy
Catherine Doherty is the author of a number of spiritual works that have been translated into Russian. Among them are "Poustinia" (Notre Dame, 1983; Russian translation — "Пустыня," Magadan, 1994), "Donkey Bell" (Madonna House Publ., 1995; Russian translation — "Рождественские колокола," Moscow: Istina i Zhizn, 2000), and also "На груди Господа" (Krasnoyarsk, 1996).[1] In addition, "Крестный путь" (Magadan, 1998), "Истории русской странницы" (1999), "Дорогой Отец: послание любви к священникам" (2007), and other books have been published in Russian.[2][3]
Sources
- zarubezhje.narod.ru — Catherine Doherty
- rusist.info — The Way of the Cross: Reflections of Catherine Kolyshkina-Doherty — a 1998 book
- findlib.ru — find a book. Doherty
- кто-это.рф — Doherty — 5 people with the surname Doherty, who they are