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Meet the Authors
Spiritual Exercises for Teachers & Catechists
Dan Schutte is the author of the Spiritual Exercises. Dan is a celebrated composer whose ground-breaking music with the St. Louis Jesuits has had a tremendous impact on the Church’s liturgical music. Dan is a pastoral musician and composer now living in San Francisco. For more on Dan’s music, click here.
Diana Dudoit Raiche is the general editor of the Spiritual Exercises. She has a strong background in the renewal and restoration of the catechumenate and currently serves as Executive Director of the Department of Religious Education at the NCEA. For more on the work of the NCEA go here. Her work brings a stunning spiritual clarity to the experience of the teachers and catechists.
The Growing Faith Project
Bill Huebsch is the author of The Growing Faith Project, which is a presentation of the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church, in plain language. Bill is an internationally known author and speaker in the field of catechesis and Vatican II. His writing “in plain English” has made several of his works best sellers, due to their fluid and readable prose. He currently serves as the Director of PastoralPlanning.com, a pastoral center providing resources and coaching for lifelong faith formation. Find it here.
Sr. Maureen Shaughnessy SC is the general editor of The Growing Faith Project. Sr. Maureen currently serves as the superior of her religious congregation, the Sisters of Charity of Convent Station New Jersey. She has also served as a national leader in adult catechesis and as staff to the US Bishops. During her tenure there, the key document on which all this work is based, “Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us” was approved and published by the US Bishops. For more on this or to obtain a copy of the document, go here.
Tools for Teaching
Alison Berger is the author of Tools for Teaching and a senior editor at Twenty-third Publications. With a strong background in catechesis. Alison is the former editor of RTJ and has written several books for teachers and catechists, religion texts for children, seasonal booklets, and screen plays.
Sr. Edith Prendergast, RSC, is the general editor of the Tools for Teaching section of Into the Fields. Sr. Edith is the Director of Catechesis for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the organizer of the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. Her experience as a youth minister, catechist, teacher, and leader in the church are generously shared in this work. For more on the LA Congress, visit their web site here.