Maureen Flood

Maureen Patricia Brigid Flood (22 December 1935 – 26 December 2005) was an Australian religious sister and member of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament order. She was the order's regional superior in Australia and deputy superior general. She traveled to Rome, where she created programs for Vatican Radio. She later became interested in feminist theology and worked with Aboriginal community members in Redfern, New South Wales.

Early life and family Sister Flood was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales. Her mother Cora was an Australian-born Anglican and her father, Ted Flood, was a Roman Catholic from Ireland. Together, then ran country pubs in New South Wales. Flood had four siblings but one died in an accident at the age of four. The family moved from Gunnedah to Inverell and then to Tamworth. Flood's father died at the age of 47 when Flood was aged 16.

Flood suffered from dyslexia at school but went on to become a nurse at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.

Flood became the order's regional superior in Australia and the deputy superior general of the Blessed Sacrament Order before travelling to Rome in 1981. She went on to prepare programs for Vatican Radio, including a series on human sexuality, and for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. After Flood returned to Australia in 1987, she joined their work with Aboriginal community members at St Vincent's Catholic Church in Redfern. and an obituary by Tony Stephens was published in The Sydney Morning Herald.

Publications Flood, Maureen (1999) Presence and Absence in the Poetry of Judith Wright Women-Church: an Australian journal of feminist studies in religion 24 (Apr 1999): 16–20. Flood, Maureen (1997) bits of yarn, calico and velvet scraps: a journey through the death of the father Women-Church: an Australian journal of feminist studies in religion 20 (Mar 1997): 30–35. Flood, Maureen (1989) Women in the church: aspects of their struggle for justice. Compass Theology Review 23 (Winter/ Spring 1989): 68–75. Flood, Maureen P. (1988) What I Learned as a General Councillor in Rome Human Development 9(2): 31–34. Flood, Maureen (1978) Asian Bureau Australia newsletter 38: 15–16.