Bailey, Sr. Mary Kay, O.P. (Sr. M. Edwin Bailey, O.P.)
08/04/1937 - 05/17/2015
Sr. Mary Kay was born in Kilgore, Texas, but her family moved to Houston when she was in elementary school. After graduating from St. Agnes Academy in 1955, she joined the Houston Dominicans. She earned her BA in mathematics from Dominican College and her MA in theology from St. Mary University in San Antonio. Her students remember her as an excellent teacher in Houston (St. Peter the Apostle, St. Pius X), La Marque (Queen of Peace), Galveston (Galveston Catholic, O’Connell ), and San Antonio (Antonian). In 1972 she began her ministry in Religious Education in San Antonio and in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council Office. She also spent several years in pastoral administration in Pleasanton, Texas (St. Andrew, Sacred Heart). While serving her community for six years as a Council member, Sr. Mary Kay continued her pastoral ministry in Sterling (St. Paschal), Carlsbad, Texas (St. Theresa) and later in Brenham doing adult faith formation. She retired to St. Dominic Villa in 2012. Sister Mary Kay will be remembered as always eager to engage anyone with a meaningful discussion on almost any subject, but particularly about liturgy or theology—truly a Dominican.