Luellen Hoffman is an adjunct professor at George Mason University and the recipient of the Chairman’s Award VNU/Nielsen Business Media for her outstanding people and communication skills. She lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

Archbishop Luis F. Ladaria, a Jesuit theologian who is currently the Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has been a professor of theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome since 1984. He was also a professor at the Comillas University in Madrid, and from 1992 to 1997 he was a member of the International Theological Commission. Since 2004 he has been the general secretary of that commission. His works have greatly contributed to contemporary theological debates.

Lyn Holley Doucet is a spiritual director for various retreat houses and the Diocese of Lafayette and is an award-winning author of many books. Doucet grew up on a cotton farm in north Louisiana as one of four children. She was active in the Methodist faith until her marriage, when she converted to Catholicism and has many fond memories of growing up in a loving church community. Coming from a family that includes Methodists, Episcopalians, Baptists, and those of no organized religion, she is very comfortable with diversity. Lyn holds...

M. Basil Pennington (1931-2005) was a Trappist of St. Joseph’s Abbey, Spencer, MA. He was a friend of Thomas Merton, co-founder of the Centering Prayer movement, and received an unprecedented invitation to Mount Athos, later darshan from Mother Teresa and Bede Griffiths.

M. T. Oates is a writer and communications consultant. Her writings have appeared in numerous publications including The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The Washington Times. She lives in New York City. Linda Ruf is a certified public accountant and an authority on The Da Vinci Code as it relates to the teachings of the Catholic Church and Opus Dei. She lives in Washington, DC. Jenny Driver, MD, is a staff physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical...

Madeleine Delbrel (1904-1964) studied philosophy and art at the Sorbonne in Paris. When her fiancé decided to join the Dominicans and her father went blind, Delbrel's life fell apart. She converted to Christianity in 1924 and founded a small religious community in France dedicated to social work. During her life she circulated a collection of aphorisms called The Little Monkamong her friends. After she died suddenly from a brain hemorrhage, the book was published to great acclaim.

Madonna Sophia Compton is an author and a retired professor of philosophy and religion. She has a profound interest in women in the Church and ecumenical studies.

Mani Bhaumik holds a PhD and an honorary DSc degree for lifetime academic achievement from The Indian Institutes of Technology, and oversees the Mani Bhaumik Educational Foundation, which provides full scholarships for the study of science, medicine, and engineering to underprivileged young men and women. He achieved international recognition and success as a coinventor of the laser technology that made LASIK eye surgery possible, and is a principle creator and developer of Cosmic Quantum Ray, a 3-D animated cartoon series that premiered on the VOOM HD Networks in 2007. He...

Margaret Benefiel is the author of The Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations. She is the CEO of ExecutiveSoul.com and a teacher at Andover Newton Theological School in Boston, in the area of spirituality and organizational leadership. She has taught at Emmanuel College in Boston, Harvard Divinity School, the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and Earlham School of Religion. She lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Margaret Eletta Guider, OSF, is Associate Professor of Missiology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. She is member of the Sister of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate and served as the Congregations Vice-President and councilor for Mission from 2008-2012. During the 1970s, she was lay missioner in the rural interior of Goiás, Brazil. She is the author of Daughters of Rahab: Prostitution and the Church of Liberation in Brazil. She has served as an advisor and consultant for numerous religious institutes and missionary societies. She is past...