Chief Editors

Tito Edwards

Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, has asked for in the third millennium.

After a lifetime of living a nominal Catholic life, he reverted completely to his childhood faith that began on the eve of the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

He manages ThePulp.it and The American Catholic.

Tito can be reached at tito[dot]benedictus[at]gmail[dot]com.

Brendan Hodge

Brendan is a cradle Catholic, husband and father of four. He is a Californian by birth but a Texan by choice. He studied Classics at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and now works in marketing analytics at a Fortune 100 company.

Since 2005 Brendan has blogged at DarwinCatholic on demographics, religion, science, philosophy, politics and Catholicism. He is also the author/editor of the Humanities Program. He can be contacted at darwincatholic “at” gmail.com.

Donald R. McClarey

McClarey is a small town lawyer in Central Illinois. He received both his BA and JD from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He is happily married with three kids. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973, he is currently President of the board of directors of the crisis pregnancy center in his county. Catholic from birth he has served as a lector and a catechism teacher at his parish. He is easily amused, as demonstrated by the fact that he does blogging for the fun of it.

 

Associate Editors

Elaine Krewer

Has written for a diocesan newspaper in the past.  She is a faithful Catholic.

Paul Zummo

Paul Zummo lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and daughter (plus another on the way).  He obtained his doctorate in Politics at the Catholic University in 2008, and works for a trade association in Washington, DC.  Despite that, he is not an Inside the Beltway, Chardonnay sipping snob as he lives a mile outside the Beltway and  prefers scotch.  He is a cradle Catholic, Grand Knight of his Knights of Columbus Council, and a survivor of a Jesuit education.

 

Regular Contributors

Black Adder

Black Adder is a faithful Catholic and an attorney.

 

Chris Blosser

Christopher Blosser, a convert to the Catholic faith, was received into the Church in 1997. Born in Japan to missionary kids, he spent his early years in Pennsylvania and the better part of his childhood in Hickory, NC. He currently resides with his wife and son in New York City. His only claim to fame is having founded a little website in 2000, cheekily called the Cardinal Ratzinger Fan Club– little realizing that his favorite theologian would ultimately be elected to the See of Peter. He blogs regularly at Against The Grain and Catholics in the Public Square. A recovering radical, he is figuring out what it means to be Catholic and American. He can be contacted at blostopher “at” gmail.com.

 

Michael R. Denton

Michael is a Catholic from Louisiana.  He has a Bachelor’s in Political Science with a concentration in Political Theory as well as a minor in Philosophy from LSU and is currently attending law school. He is primarily interested in the relationship between politics, law, philosophy, and theology, especially in the American context. He has an unhealthy obsession with sports, especially with the LSU Tigers and the Superbowl XLIV Champion New Orleans Saints, that his wife thankfully puts up with. If for some reason you want to be exposed to more of his thoughts, Michael also blogs at For the Greater Glory and tweets here, though he’s somewhat ashamed of the last one.

 

Lisa Graas

Lisa Graas is a convert and a single mom of four living chaste-for-life. She has worked in crisis pregnancy counseling for the Archdiocese of Louisville and as a legislative consultant with Kentucky Right to Life Association. Lisa is a Passionist Oblate Associate and a member of St. Augustine parish in the Diocese of Owensboro. She is a contributor at NewsRealBlog. Visit her personal blog at LisaGraas.com.

 

LarryD

LarryD resides in southeastern Michigan with his wife and 2 sons.  Born and raised Catholic, he abandoned his faith during his college years, and returned to the Church a decade later.  When not participating in the free-market economy as a manufacturer’s rep for several packaging firms and fulfilling his roles as husband and father, he’s either blogging at the award-winning  Acts of the Apostasy, spending way too much time playing MMORPG’s, or when the weather’s agreeable, spoiling a fine walk by playing a round of golf.  He has -zero- theology degrees, but that doesn’t stop him from loving Jesus Christ and defending His Church to the best of his meager, snarky abilities.  He also has a cat of whom he’s 89% sure is plotting to kill him.

 

The Motley Monk

Is actually a priest.

 

Jake Tawney

Jake Tawney is a husband and father-of-five from central Ohio.  He has spent nearly a decade working in education, serving as a teacher and administrator in the public school system, as well as an adjunct professor of mathematics for the Pontifical College Josephinum.  When he is not helping his wife homeschool their children, Jake runs and writes for Roma locuta est, a website dedicated to all things Catholic with a particular interest on the Sacred Liturgy.  Most recently, Jake has spend countless hours penning the New Translation Monday series which seeks to dissect and explain the changes to the new Roman Missal.

 

Guest Contributors

Doctor Chris Burgwald

Chris is a lifelong Catholic from central Minnesota who went off to college and promptly fell away from his faith before having a “reversion” that led him to pursue undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees in theology (from Franciscan University and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, respectively). His primary theological interests are the theology of grace & the nature-grace dynamic and the implications of these doctrines in the interaction of faith, culture and politics.

Apart from teaching at the college level, Chris has been working for the Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota since 2002 in evangelization & adult catechesis. Chris has been blogging at Veritassince Easter of 2002, but the vast majority of his posts occurred b.c. (before children). Speaking of which — most importantly — Chris is a husband and a father of four (#4 is due 2/20/09… prayers are welcome!). Chris can be contacted at chris.burgwald “at” gmail.com.

 

Doctor David Curp

David and his wife Sherry are both Catholic converts and the parents of 3 daughters. He is a student of 20th century Polish history and received his PhD from the University of Washington. He currently teaches contemporary European history at Ohio University in Athens, OH as a recently tenured Associate Professor. He is the author of one book (A Clean Sweep? The Politics of Ethnic Cleansing in Midwestern Poland, 1945-1960 published by the University of Rochester Press in 2007) and is currently working on another concerning Catholic higher education and lay religious life in Communist Poland. He was a neo-con before it was either fashionable or a swear word and is interested in Catholic religious life as well as international and domestic U.S., Polish and Russian politics. He blogs regularly at http://www.neptunuslex.com/.

 

Foxfier

Is a wife, mother of two, a Navy veteran and a geek who has been blogging since just before 2005. Got involved in ad hoc evangelization when fellow geeks and shipmates passed on the claims that drove them away from religion and she needed something more solid than “that’s not true.” More determination than sense. Can be contact via her name at gmail.com.

 

Dave Hartline

Dave Hartline has worked as a Catholic school teacher, coach, principal and diocesan administrator.  After starting the Catholic Report website, he wrote “The Tide is Turning Toward Catholicism,” which told the story of the rise of Catholic orthodoxy around the world. The book finished in Catholic Word’s Top 10 for 2007 (a consortium of Catholic publishers including the top selling Ascension Press.) Dave has appeared on EWTN and spoke in various settings around the country. A growing family convinced Dave to stop his daily website/blog and focus on the family. However, this hasn’t completely stopped him from working on his second book and contributing to great sites like American Catholic.  He holds a BA & MA from Ohio University. E mail:   dhartlin at columbus [dot] rr [dot] com

 

Ryan Harkins

Is a college student in love with Jesus. Born and bred in Wyoming, he was raised a Catholic but fell away for a time during his undergraduate years. Upon his marriage to a wonderful, beautiful chemical engineer, he started a quick reversion back to the faith with surprised enthusiasm. As an undergraduate, he majored in mathematics, with minors in computer science, physics, and creative writing. As a graduate student, he is working on a doctorate in theoretical computer scientist, while also polishing up writing skills to (hopefully) become a published author. His aspirations upon completing his degree are as yet unknown, but look to include work in apologetics.

 

John Henry

John is a cradle Catholic, husband, and father of three, originally from the great Commonwealth of Virginia.

John can be contacted at john[dot]henry[dot]ac[at]gmail.com

 

Tim Shipe

Is a teacher of religion in Melbourne, Florida. He ran for Florida State House in 2006, and is now VP for Florida Dems for Life, and is an Advisor/Contibutor for Pax Romana, an international Catholic organization that promotes the social doctrine of the Church. My wife and I have three young children, with one in heaven, and one in the womb- we are covering all the pro-life bases at present.

 

Walter

Walter is a devout convert to the Catholic Church who loves beautiful liturgy, gorgeous old East Coast churches built by the calloused hands of America‘s Catholic immigrants, and His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. He’s a former Democrat who has worked on several Democratic campaigns and has served as a Congressional staffer before leaving the political party which is increasingly becoming the “Party of Death”. Today his aligns himself solely with the teachings of the One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and its Magisterium and considers himself a “crunchy conservative“. Walter still loves politics and everyday tries to do something to help bring the Truth of Christ into our political landscape. He resides in the city that never sleeps with his amazing and wonderful wife, their handsome new son and zany dog. He also blogs (sadly, not often enough) at Gloria Tibi, Domine.

 

Zach

Zach is a Catholic Christian from New Hampshire who enjoys a good conversation.