Meet our contributors

Lois Eichman 

Member of All Faiths United. Co-director of Women of Faith & Creativity.

                    

Ann Hayden 

Member of All Faith United. A Maryknoll Sister currently serving as an Outreach Coordinator at St. Anne Parish in Peñitas, Texas. She has worked in pastoral ministry, leadership training and health care in Nicaragua, provided medical services to refugees in Kenya and Sudan, and was a nurse in Korea.          

Brenda Nettles Riojas

Member of All Faith United. Communications Director for the Diocese of Brownsville and editor of The Valley Catholic newspaper. 
Please connect with me on Instagram and Twitter.

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