Faith Fusion: Knowing, Loving, and Serving Christ in the Catholic Church
Gloria Shahin is a writer and editor with a particular focus on the catechesis of young people. She has written and edited numerous catechetical texts. She is the author of Faith Fusion Knowing, Loving, and Serving Christ in the Catholic Church by Our Sunday Visitor (Spring 2010), has served as a consultant for OSV's new early childhood program, Allelu! Growing and Celebrating with Jesus, and has been a freelance contributor to Our Sunday Visitor Catholic newsweekly. Gloria has served as a catechist at her parish in Nutley, New Jersey. She holds a master's degree from Fordham University. She is currently editorial director at Saint Mary's Press.David Dziena is an executive editor for Our Sunday Visitor. Before joining Our Sunday Visitor he served as editorial manager first at Silver Burdett Ginn Religion and later at RCL Benziger. He worked for St. Joseph's Parish in Croton Falls, New York, for ten years--first as director of religious education and then as coordinator of youth ministries. Since 1993, he has led Confirmation workshops and retreats, catechist formation classes, and human sexuality presentations for teens.David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with a minor in Fine Arts and Religious Studies from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, and a master's degree in Pastoral Theology from St. Joseph's College in Standish, Maine.Fr. George Hafemann is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York and has been the pastor of Immaculate Conception parish in Port Jervis since 2007. A native New Yorker, he was ordained a priest in 1999 and served as parochial vicar of two parishes before being appointed to Port Jervis. He earned a Master's Degree in Theology (with a concentration in Church history) from St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie. His interests include naval history and the design, building, and restoration of pipe organs.