Mandy Erickson is a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She writes for National Catholic Reporter; works for FOSNA, a peace organization initiated by Palestinian Christians; and edits articles about health care and higher education.

Mercy Sr. Carol Mucha is currently Director of Mercy Care, ministering in campus ministry at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Her former ministries included those of teacher, elementary and high school principal, education consultant in the Archdiocese of Chicago, vocation minister, parish and youth minister in Laredo, Texas, and presenter in the lay ministry and diaconate program of the Chicago Archdiocese.