I am a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse, NY. Currently, I am a research associate professor at the Catholic University of America. I graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1973 and spent six years in the Air Force as an intelligence officer. A licensed psychologist, I have a Ph.D....

Pat Gohn is the editorial director of Living Faith and Living Faith Kids. An editor with Bayard since 2016, she also serves as the Catholic content editor for Creative Communications for the Parish. Learn more about her work as an author, catechist, speaker and retreat leader at...

Patricia Livingston is a well-known speaker, author, and retreat director. A mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, she lives with her husband in Tampa, Florida. Except for the years I was Associate Director of the sabbatical program at Notre Dame for men and women in full time...

Sarah Christmyer is a Catholic author, Bible teacher, and speaker with a special love for lectio divina and journaling as ways to draw close to Christ in Scripture. She is general editor of the Living the Word Catholic Women’s Bible from Ave Maria Press as well as...

Sarah Hart of Nashville, Tennessee, has been a singer, songwriter, music producer, retreat author and keynote speaker for over 25 years. Her heart for parish missions and itinerant ministry has taken her all over the US and abroad. She has performed for countless conventions and...

Chris Koellhoffer, a Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is an author and spiritual guide who offers directed retreats throughout the United States and Canada. She is a long-time contributor to Living Faith, Living with Christ, and numerous other spiritual...

Sister Julia Walsh is a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration and part of her congregation’s formation team, serving women who are discerning their vocation. Along with another Franciscan Sister, she co-founded The Fireplace, an intentional community and house of hospitality on...

Sr. Mary Mercy Lee is a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist whose Motherhouse is in Meriden, Connecticut.   The mission of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist is to restore a sense of the sacred, especially the sacredness of human life, in a world that knows the rupture...

As a child growing up on a small farm in northeast Ohio, I experienced a deep love for nature. From my father I inherited a passion for reading and learning, and from my mother, a love for people and crossword puzzles. After high school, I entered the Sisters of Notre Dame of...

Steve Givens is a retreat and spiritual director, and a widely published writer on issues of faith and spirituality. He is also a musician, composer and singer who lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife, Sue. They have two grown and married children and Steve is “Pop” to five...