About the Author

Marilyn Leo has been part of Religious Science since childhood. Her father, Reginald Armor, was very close to Ernest Holmes, beginning in 1915, when Reginald was a boy of twelve. Their families remained intimate throughout Holmes’ life. Marilyn has served on many committees and served United Church (now Centers for Spiritual Living) as director of the World Ministry of Prayer, Ecclesiastical Officer/Vice President, Organizational Renewal Project, chair of the Global Ministries. She also served as president, secretary, and treasurer (at different times) for the Wisdom Council (retired ministers’ association). She has received several special recognitions, including the “Living Treasure Award” given by her ministerial colleagues. In 2009,   Marilyn received the “Golden Heart Award,” also given by the United Clergy of Religious Science. United Church has honored her with honorary Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of Religious Science recognitions.

Though retired from the usual ministerial duties, she has served as president of the Science of Mind Archives and Library Foundation, and presently serves on the Board of Trustees for The Hefferlin Foundation, an independent nonprofit foundation supporting the teaching of Science of Mind. In that capacity she is secretary of the board and co-chair of the Education/Scholarship Committee. Marilyn is the author of Chronicles of Religions Science, Volume I: The Early Years, 1926 through 1959. Besides her book, In His Company: Ernest Holmes Remembered, she has written articles for Science of Mind and Creative Thought magazines, contributed the manuscript for That Was Ernest written by her father, Dr. Reginald Armor, and published by DeVorss & Company. She compiled and edited Love and Law published by J. Tarcher/Putnam/Penguin, and she wrote the foreword for John Waterhouse’s book Five Steps to Freedom, which, incidentally, has been translated to Spanish and Russian and has become required reading for some Science of Mind classes. It is also being created as an audio book. Marilyn has been working in the Religious Science Archives for fifteen years and created the Archives and Library Foundation, a nonprofit organization that houses all archival information for Centers for Spiritual Living. It is a “living archive” in that there are constantly additions being made. Visit the website www.ScienceofMindArchives.com.