Contributors

Our Mourning Offering would not be possible without the help of generous souls who selflessly donate their time and words and prayers. Thank you, friends, for helping to make this space possible!

PATTY BREEN

Patty has been working in lay ministry for over ten years and writes various places online. A Midwestern girl from the Mitten state, Patty finds joy in running, strong cups of coffee, Ignatian spirituality, and writing. She is passionate about messy conversations at the intersection of faith, culture, and ministry.

LISA BROWN

AMANDA CARR

WENDY CLARK

Wendy has lived on the Gulf Coast her entire life, which explains her perpetually frizzy hair. She is married to her college sweetheart, an Army veteran, and together they are raising five children. Embracing her role as primary breadwinner wasn't easy for her, so she has a heart for encouraging women to embrace the unique set of circumstances God has orchestrated for their sanctity.

LAURA KELLY FANUCCI

Laura is a writer and speaker who has spent over a decade working on theology of vocation. She is an award-winning columnist for Catholic News Service, and her nationally syndicated “Faith at Home” column runs monthly in Catholic newspapers across the U.S. Laura has authored seven books, most recently Grieving Together: A Couple's Journey through Miscarriage. She and her husband live in Minnesota with their children.

MIKE HAYES

Mike Hayes is the Director of Young Adult Ministry in the Diocese of Cleveland and the host of the YouTube Series 5 Questions with the Paulists. Mike founded BustedHalo.com at the turn of the century and served as a Spiritual Director, Retreat Director, Campus Minister and has worked with young people his entire ministry career. His acclaimed book, Googling God was praised as a seminal effort in changing the conversation on young Adult Ministry in the Catholic Church today. He lives with his wife and dog in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, OH.

JENNA HINES

PAM HOLTZ

Pam is a passionate-but-casual writer. She finds fifteen minute increments of creativity in between working full-time as a Community Relations Manager for a public library and raising two kids with her husband. While her writing typically focuses on humor surrounding parenthood, she works diligently to maintain realism and foster openness in order to create a community that can discuss hard topics such as loss and grief with no barriers.

RACHEL RASTELLI

Rachel can be found on Instagram at @shewhoisnot and writes about struggles with grief, mental health, and deconstructing faith.