Speakers Bureau
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good's Voices for the Common Good Commentators address reporters, producers, and other members of the media as Catholic faith leaders. Each can speak with authority on different aspects of Catholic Teaching and its proper role in public life on such issues as health care, immigration reform and the environment.
To arrange interviews with the members of Voices for the Common Good, please contact John Gehring at (202) 429-9683 or at jgehring@catholicsinalliance.org.
Voices for the Common Good: Catholic Commentators
Andrew J. Bacevich
Professor of History and International Relations, Boston University.
Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of history and international relations at Boston University. A graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, he received his Ph. D. in American diplomatic history from Princeton. Before joining the faculty of Boston University in 1998, he taught at West Point and at Johns Hopkins. ...more
Lisa Sowle Cahill, Ph.D.
Donald Monan Professor of Theology, Boston College
An expert on The Catholic Church and War and Peace-Just War, Lisa Sowle Cahill is the J. Donald Monan Professor of Theology at Boston College, where she has taught since 1976 on the history of Christian Ethics, Catholic Social and Sexual Ethics, Bioethics and the Ethics of War and Peace...more
Simone Campbell, SSS
Executive Director, NETWORK
An expert on War and Peace-Just War, Simone Campbell, an attorney and Sister of Social Service, is the Executive Director of NETWORK, a Catholic leader in the global movement for justice and peace that educates, organizes and lobbies for economic and social transformation...more
Chuck Collins
Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies
An expert on Economics, Chuck Collins is director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is also founder and director of Business for Shared Prosperity, a national network of business leaders supporting “high road” economic policies...more
Rev. Charles L. Currie, SJ
President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
An expert on The Catholic Church, Father Currie has served as AJCU president since August, 1997. He is responsible for coordinating the work of the Association, and is the liaison between American Jesuit higher education and other civic, academic and religious entities...more
Lew Daly
An expert on Econmics, Lew Daly is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Fellows Program at De-mos, a public policy organization based in New York City....more
Patricia A. Daly, OP
Executive Director, Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment
An expert on Economics, Environment, Patricia Daly is a Dominican Sister of Caldwell and serves as the Executive Director of the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, an organization of 35 Catholic Dioceses and Religious Congregations in the NY metropolitan area. Sr...more
Marie Dennis
Director, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
An expert on Economics,War and Peace/Just War, Ms. Dennis is director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, and serves as co-president of Pax Christi International and a Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace. She holds an M.A. in Moral Theology from Washington Theological Union and is co-author or author of six books on the spirituality of social justice, peace and the integrity of creation....more
Sharon E. Dillon, SSJ-TOSF
An expert in Environment and Catholic Church issues, Franciscan Sister and author Sister Sharon Dillon is a respected leader, administrator and retreat facilitator. As a 15-year master Special Educator and Franciscan Spiritual Director, Dillon is working toward her second M.A. at Washington Theological Union with a focus on the integration of theology and Franciscan spirituality...more
Tom Greene, SJ
Research Fellow, Jesuit Social Research Institute (JSRI), Loyola University, New Orleans
An expert on Immigration, Fr. Greene is a lawyer and advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. He is currently a research fellow at the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University in New Orleans, where he is also a visiting professor....more
Rev. Daniel Gerard Groody, CSC
Director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture at the Institute for Latino Studies
An expert on Immigration, Fr. Groody is a member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross and an expert on migration issues...more
David Hollenbach, SJ
Director, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Boston College
An expert on Human Rights, Religion and Politics, and The Catholic Church, Fr. Hollenbach teaches Theological Ethics and Christian Social Ethics, with research focus in the areas of the common good, human rights, theory of justice, the role of the religion in social and political life, and humanitarian crises and forced migration...more
Rev. Michael P. Jacques SSE, VF
Director of the Council of Deans - Archdiocese of New Orleans
An expert on Homelessness-Housing, Rev. Michael P. Jacques, SSE, VF has been the Pastor of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in New Orleans, LA since 1984. He is also Director of the Council of Deans for the Archdiocese of New Orleans and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Providence CDC, a Catholic Housing Organization...more
Joan F. Neal
An expert in international social justice, Catholic social teaching, global solidarity and pastoral leadership, Ms. Neal’s consulting practice specializes in...more
David O'Brien, Ph.D.
Loyola Professor of Catholic Studies, The College of the Holy Cross
An expert on Religion and Politics and The Catholic Church, David O'Brien is Loyola Professor of Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. He has written six books on the history of American Catholicism and has served as President of the American Catholic Historical Association. ...more
Rev. Richard Ryscavage, SJ
Director of the Center for Faith in Public Life, Professor of Sociology, Fairfield University
An expert on Immigration and Religion and Politics, The Rev. Richard Ryscavage, S.J., is professor of sociology and international studies and director of Fairfield University's Center for Faith and Public Life. Fr. Ryscavage served previously as national director of the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA. He set up the first program to provide religious coordinators for immigration detention facilities of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security....more
Fr. Fred L. Thelen, Pastor, Cristo Rey Church, Lansing, MI
Chairperson, Pax Christi Michigan
An expert on War and Peace-Just War, Fr. Thelen was ordained in 1980 and early in his clerical career helped to establish the Office of Peace and Justice Ministry for the Diocese of Lansing, MI. From 1988 to 1993 he served as an Associate Maryknoll Missionary in Peru. ...more
Mary Waskowiak, RSM
President, The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
An expert on Immigration, The Catholic Church, and The War and Peace-Just War issue, Mary Waskowiak, RSM, was elected President of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas in July 2005...more
Kathleen Maas Weigert, Ph.D.
Exec. Dir., The Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service, Georgetown University
An expert on Poverty and War and Peace-Just War, Kathleen Maas Weigert is the Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service at Georgetown University....more
John Kenneth White
An expert on Religion and Politics, John Kenneth White is a Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America...more


