Fr. Frank Pavone is one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the nation. He was born in Port Chester, New York and has been active in the pro-life movement since 1976. Cardinal John O'Connor ordained him to the priesthood in 1988. Fr. Pavone did parish work and taught in seminaries. In 1993, with the permission of Cardinal O'Connor, he became National Director of Priests for Life. In this full time position, he has traveled to all of the 50 states and to five continents, preaching and teaching against abortion and helping other priests to do the same.

Karl Keating is the founder and president of Catholic Answers. He had been working as an attorney for several years when, on leaving Mass one Sunday, he found anti-Catholic tracts on the windshields of the cars in the church parking lot. He wrote his own tract in reply and distributed copies of it at the Fundamentalist church responsible for the anti-Catholic tract. That was the start of what has become the country’s largest lay-run apologetics and evangelization organization.

Mary Ellen Bork is a writer and lecturer on issues affecting Catholic life. She is a graduate of Manhattanville College with a BA in philosophy, Siena College with an MA in English literature, and Catholic University with an MA in theology. She is a board member of several organizations, including the John Carroll Society, Women Affirming Life, the Institute for Religion and Democracy, and the Institute for Psychological Sciences.

Gerard V. Bradley, a noted scholar in the fields of constitutional law as well as law and religion, joined the faculty of the Notre Dame Law School as a professor in 1992, having taught at the University of Illinois from 1983 to 1992. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University in 1976 and his J.D. from the Cornell Law School in 1980. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1981, he practiced law as an assistant district attorney with the New York County District Attorney’s Office from 1980 to 1983.

James Hitchcock, professor of history at St. Louis University, author and lecturer, writes a regular column for the diocesan press focusing on current events in the Church and in the world. Women for Faith & Family is pleased to have the opportunity to present Dr. Hitchcock's timely columns online.

Ralph McInerny, professor of philosophy and director of the Jacques Maritain Center at Notre Dame, holds degrees from the St. Paul Seminary, University of Minnesota and Laval University. He has taught at the University of Notre Dame since 1955 and since 1978 has been the Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies. He is author of two dozen scholarly books and many more scholarly essays, as well as numerous general interest works. He is expert in the work of Thomas Aquinas, Soren Kierkegaard, and Jacques Maritain, and has written and lectured extensively on ethics, philosophy of religion, and medieval philosophy.

A licensed attorney and mortgage broker, Mary Zick received her B.A. in Public Administration from Eastern Michigan University in 1978 and her J.D. from Detroit College of Law in 1982. She was co-founder and served as President of Northwest Metro Right to Life for several years and also served on the Board of Directors for Right to Life of Michigan. She is married to John A. Zick, Esq., and they have four children.

Fr. Andrew received a BA in Philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville. In 2005, he received a MDiv from Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI and STB from the Angelicum, Rome. He was ordained a priest May 14, 2005 for the Archdiocese of Detroit. He is currently the Associate Pastor at St John Neumann Parish, Canton, MI and a US Army Reserves Chaplain Candidate.

Paul Holody has been Associate Dean of Science at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan for 27 years and Director of its European Studies Program during his 40 year career there.  He served as Michigan Section Representative to the Council of the American Association of Physics Teachers and also served as President and Board Member of the Michigan Association of Physics Teachers, which honored him with its Physics Education Distinguished Service Award in 2002.  His articles have appeared in The American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher.