Sr. Mary L. Putrow Publications   Fire and Pen: Ellamay Horan (1898-1987) Living Light, Fall 2003 - The Journal of Religious Instruction: Its Life, Death and Resurrection.   Josephine Van Dyke Brownson:  Conviction, Commitment, Wit and Wisdom.  Religious Education.  -  Sr. Mary L. Putrow is engaged in ongoing research on the contributions of women to the catechetical mission of the church.  Josephine Van Dyke Brownson:  Conviction, Commitment, Wit and Wisdom is one of the juried articles she has had published in the journal, Religious Education. Any persons who attended public school and attended religious instruction after school from 1920-1942 may well have Ms. Brownson to thank for their continued education in matters Catholic.