Rosemary Haughton

Rosemary Elena Konradin Haughton (née Luling; born 13 April 1927, London) is a British-born Catholic lay theologian, who also resided in the United States over a period of 30 years.

The daughter of Peter Luling and Sylvia Thompson Luling, she had two sisters, Dr. Virginia Luling (died 2013), and Elizabeth Dooley (née Luling; died 1962). She attended the Farnham Girls' Grammar School, Queen's College, London, and the Slade School of Art. She married Algernon Haughton in 1948; the couple had 12 children including 2 foster children.[2] Algy Haughton died in Edinburgh in 2008.

Rosemary Haughton celebrated and affirmed her long-standing partnership with Nancy (Winifred) Schwoyer on 4 June 2011, with a civil ceremony held at Halifax Town Hall. They live together in Yorkshire.

Publications

• On Trying to Be Human
• The Passionate God
• The Catholic Thing
• The Transformation of Man
• The Drama of Salvation
• The Tower That Fell
• Images for Change
• Tales from Eternity
• Elizabeth's Greetings
• Song in a Strange Land
• The Re-Creation of Eve
• The Theology of Experience

Other

Rosemary and Algernon Haughton founded the Lothlorien Community in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland in the 1970s. Since 1989 this thriving community has been managed by ROKPA International. Haughton is also a founder member with Nancy Schwoyer and others of the Wellspring House(https://www.wellspringhouse.org) in Gloucester Massachusetts.

Sources

• Ryan, Eilish (1997). Rosemary Haughton: Witness to Hope. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-55612-860-8.
• International Who's Who (2012; 75th edition), p. 809. Routledge: London & New York; ISBN 978-1-85743-607-5.