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Colleen Mary Mallon

Theologian, educator and director of mission formation, Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose

Colleen Mary Mallon, OP, is a theologian, educator and animator of mission formation. She holds a Ph.D. in systematic and philosophical theology from the Graduate Theological Union and has taught systematic theology at the university level. She currently serves as a director of adult mission formation for the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose.

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