Amy Welborn is the author of more than 30 books on Catholic life and spirituality, including four titles in the Loyola Kids series, The Words We Pray, Wish You Were Here and, most recently, The Great Adventure Kids Catholic Bible Chronicles. (Ascension Press.) She lives in...

Claire McGarry is the author of Grace in Tension: Discover Peace with Martha and Mary, and the Lenten devotional, " With Our Savior." A regular contributor to CatholicMom.com, her writing has appeared in several magazines and devotionals. The founder of MOSAIC of Faith, a ministry...

Connie Clark has been the editor of Living Faith Kids since 2015. She also writes books for kids, families, teachers, and catechists. A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, she spends most of her time in Southern California with her family and their calico cat...

David Mead has worked for 30+ years in Christian publishing with a focus on educational and devotional resources for children. He has authored dozens of story and activity booklets and created The Bedbug Bible Gang booklet and television...

Deacon Greg Kandra is an author, speaker, blogger and award-winning journalist who may be may be best known as the creator of the popular blog “The Deacon’s Bench.” He served for 11 years as a senior writer and editor for Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), a...

I have been a Living Faith reader since 1989, when I received my first copy from Sr. Kathy Avery, OSM, then school principal of St. Francis of Assisi School in Pikeville, KY. It is a great privilege to have been a former editor of Living Faith and to continue as a regular...

Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A. A. is the Vice President for Mission at Assumption University in Worcester, MA and a member of the Emmanuel House Community on the Campus of Assumption in Worcester.   To learn more about the Assumptionists, please...

I was raised on a 300-acre dairy farm near Kensington, Ohio. My primary and secondary education was in the public schools. After high school I entered the seminary in Cincinnati and in 1962, was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio. After 20 years of local parish...

Fr. Joe Kempf is pastor at Most Sacred Heart Church in Eureka, Missouri. He is the second of six children, and someone whose love of God shows forth in an enthusiasm for life. In everything he does, Fr. Joe brings a love of storytelling, a heart for God's people, and a desire to...

Gail Goleas is a pastoral associate at the Archdiocese of Chicago and a field delegate for its marriage tribunal. She serves as a federal prison volunteer and is an accredited T’ai Chi Chih instructor. Thanks to her grandkids, Gail is an avid fan of...