About This Issue

We are grateful to Patrick J. Hayes for suggesting the publication of this engaging topic. Thanks also to our contributors to this issue. Patrick W. Carey is the William J. Kelly, S.J., Professor of Theology at Marquette University and past President of the American Catholic Historical Association. Michael S. Carter is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Dayton. Jean Gartlan is the author of Barbara Ward—Her Life and Letters, published by Continuum. She was Director of Special Programs for Catholic Relief Services and served as editor/writer with the Office of United Nations Affairs of the National Catholic Welfare Conference and National Conference of Catholic Bishops. She spent seven years in Tanzania and three years in Ghana as a volunteer. At that time she encountered Barbara Ward. Richard Gribble, CSC, is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts. Patrick J. Hayes is archivist of the Baltimore Province of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), Brooklyn, NY. Stephanie A. T. Jacobe is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at American University, Washington, D.C. Paula Kane is the John and Lucine O’Brien Marous Professor of Contemporary Catholic Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Anne Klejment is Professor of History at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. Timothy Matovina is Professor of Theology and William and Anna Jean Cushwa Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame. Cecilia A. Moore is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Dayton.