Beatrice Kamau is a Kenyan from the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Anne and is a regional superior for its Kenya delegation. She is a trained catechist, formator and a counselor. She has served as novices' formator and occasionally presents workshops to congregational leaders in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania for the program Professional Development of Congregational Leaders, or PDCL. She also does part-time counseling.

Julian Cleary is a member of the Benedictine community of St. Placid Priory in Lacey, Washington. She is a licensed attorney, having worked for many years with adults and children with disabilities before entering the monastery. She has occasionally advocated for detained refugees and hopes to be more involved with this ministry in the future. Her current ministries include work as a spiritual director, participating in the monastery's health care team (she is a former nurse practitioner), liturgy committee, grant-writing and other projects.

Elizabeth Crumbly is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Georgia. Her features have appeared regularly in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She has a particular interest in portraying people reaching their fellow humans through work they're passionate about.

Josephine Gouba is a Sister of the Immaculate Conception of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. She made her first vows on Aug. 6, 2016, and holds a degree in information and communication science from the Catholic University of West Africa in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She oversees communications for the Institute of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Ouagadougou.