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==Legacy==

Sister Mary Anselm became known for her innovative methods as well as her many lectures and publications on English literature and Christian doctrine.<ref>{{cite web |title=O'Brien, Catherine Cecily (1893 - 1945) |url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4251b.htm |website=The Australian Women's Register |accessdate=25 October 2020}}</ref> In 1925 she co-founded with [[Frank Sheed]] the school branch of the [[Catholic Evidence Guild]], thus breaking new ground in the teaching of religion. She published a monograph entitled ''The Catholic Evidence Guild in Secondary Schools'' in 1939. Always an advocate for tertiary education, she built up the school's library at Santa Sabina, and organised regular weekly feature lectures on English and Latin literature for the senior pupils and the Sisters. Many of the lecturers were from published authors - her friends from university days - and she also frequently invited writers to the school.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/obrien-catherine-cecily-7869|title='O'Brien, Catherine Cecily (1893-1945)', Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Leavey|first=Margaret Carmel|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|location=Canberra}}</ref> Sister Mary Anselm O'Brien died in 1945 and the library in the Aquinas Centre at Santa Sabina College is dedicated to her memory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sister Mary Anselm O`Brien |url=https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/australian_monument/display/96391 |website=Monument Australia|access-date=25 October 2020}}</ref>

==Selected Works==