Voices for the Common Good: By Issue

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.

An expert in Environment and Catholic Church issues, Franciscan Sister, Spiritual Director 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.

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. He is the author of several books, including The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics, and The Common Good and Christian Ethics.

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, after having previously served on I

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.

An expert on The Catholic Church, Miguel H. Díaz is an Associate Professor of Theology in the department of theology at the College of St. Benedict / St. John’s University and the graduate School of Theology at St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN. He received his doctorate in Systematic Theology from the University of Notre Dame.

An expert on The Catholic Church, Richard R. Gaillardetz is the Margaret and Thomas Murray and James J. Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He has published numerous articles and has authored six books including, By What Authority? A Primer on Scripture, the Magisterium and the Sense of the Faithful, A Daring Promise: A Spirituality of Christian Marriage and a forthcoming book on the Second Vatican Council entitled The Church in the Making.

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.