Sister Joan D Chittister O S B is a Benedictine nun speaker and writer She is a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie Penn where she has served as prioress Focusing on feminist spirituality and social issues her web column ldquo From Where I Stand rdquo appears weekly in the National

Father Ronald Rolheiser O M I nbsp is an Oblate priest theologian and popular spirituality writer He is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio Texas He received his doctorate in systematic theology at the University of Louvain and is a member of the Catholic Theological Soc

Very Rev Monsignor David L Toups S T D is the Rector and President of St Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach Florida He assumed this post in 2012 and was subsequently named as a monsignor after serving as pastor at Christ the King parish in Tampa Ordained in 1997 for the Dio

Father Greg Boyle S J is an American Jesuit priest who works with Los Angeles street gangs as the founding director of Homeboy Industries in California nbsp Before founding Homeboy Industries as a non-profit ministry to his neighborhood rsquo s predominantly Hispanic gang members in 2001 Father

Looking forward to the World Meeting of Families

Father John Zuhlsdorf quot Father Z quot is an American-born priest of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni in Italy and a Catholic media figure A convert from Lutheranism in college he was ordained by Saint John Paul II in 1991 nbsp He worked in Rome as a collaborator in the Pontific

Father Richard Rohr O F M is a New Mexico-based Franciscan friar who is also a popular Catholic author and speaker He is the author of dozens of books and recorded talks Father Rohr founded the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati Ohio in 1971 and in 1986 the Center for Action and Contemplati

The former presidential candidate talks about his new book on the rise of Richard Nixon.

Mark Wegner is a Tampa-based Major League Baseball umpire He worked in the National League from 1998 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000 Wearing number 14 on his jersey he has umpired in seven Division Series between 2003 and 2013 in the 2007 National League Championship Series

Unlike in the Soviet era, the Society of Jesus now operates openly in Russia.