Father John Molyneux, C.M.F.
Editor and Publisher, Claretian Publications

Father John Molyneux, C.M.F. joined the Claretians in 1991 and was ordained on June 14, 1997. He has been editor of U.S. Catholic since January 2003 and also serves as Associate Pastor of Corpus Christi Parish in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Areas of Expertise:
Cross-cultural and inner-city ministry
Formation of seminarians

Education:
M. Div., Catholic Theological Union
B.A., British Literature, Queens College of the City University of New York

Meinrad Scherer-Emunds
Associate Publisher, Claretian Publications
Executive Editor, U.S. Catholic

Meinrad Scherer-Emunds has been a member of the Claretian Publications team since 1992. He was appointed editorial director of Claretian Publications and executive editor of U.S. Catholic in 2003. Prior to that, Scherer-Emunds was managing editor of U.S. Catholic and its sister publication, the social-justice magazine Salt of the Earth.

Areas of Expertise:
Catholic Social Teaching 
Theology
Family Spirituality 

Education:
M. Div., Catholic School of Theology, University of Bonn (Germany)

Author:
Die letzte Schlacht um Gottes Reich, edition exodus, Münster 1988
(German book about eschatology and politics of the New Christian Right in the United States)

Bryan Cones
Managing Editor, U.S. Catholic

Bryan Cones joined the Claretian Publications staff in October 2004 as an assistant editor of U.S. Catholic and editor of Martin E. Marty's Context. He became managing editor in February 2008. Prior to joining Claretian Publications, Cones worked in book publishing at Liturgy Training Publications of the Archdiocese of Chicago and has also taught liturgy, morality, and theology at the secondary, college, and adult levels. He has written widely on liturgy and spirituality for pastoral publications, including collections of prayers for personal use and for use at daily Mass.

Areas of Expertise:
Scripture
Liturgy
Theology
Catholic spirituality

Education:
M.A., Theology, Catholic Theological Union
B.A., Psychology, Conception Seminary College

Carmen Aguinaco
Contributing Editor, U.S. Catholic
Director, Hispanic Ministry Resource Center  

Carmen Aguinaco has been directing the Hispanic Ministry Resource Center at Claretian Publications since 1990. She has previously worked in editorial positions at both Revista Maryknoll and Critica. She has freelanced for Vatican Radio and is a member of the Teresian Association, an international Catholic lay association. She is currently the president of the National Catholic Council on Hispanic Ministry.

Areas of Expertise:
Hispanic ministry
Bilingual communications

Education:
B.A., English and Psychology, Catholic University of America
M.A., Media Studies, New School for Social Research
M.A., Pastoral Studies, specializing in Hispanic Ministry,
Catholic Theological Union (in progress)

Author:
Victoria Diez: A Teaching Life, Narcea (Madrid) 1993

Catherine O'Connell-Cahill

Senior Editor, U.S. Catholic

Catherine O'Connell-Cahill has been on staff at U.S. Catholic since 1979. She is currently senior editor of U.S. Catholic and managing editor and columnist for Claretian Publications’ At Home with Our Faith, a newsletter for parents on nurturing spirituality in the home.

Areas of Expertise:
Parish life
Family spirituality
Faith and family

Education:
B.A., English, Loyola University Chicago

Author:
Moms@myspiritualgrowth.com: Meditations and Cool Websites for Active Moms, ACTA Publications 2005

Megan Sweas
Associate Editor, U.S. Catholic and USCatholic.org

Megan Sweas has been an editor with U.S. Catholic since 2006. She became the associate editor, with responsibility for USCatholic.org, in 2009. Prior to coming to U.S. Catholic, she worked at a youth media organization on Chicago’s West Side through Amate House, a full-time Catholic volunteer program.

Areas of Expertise:
Young adult Catholics
Social justice
Interreligious dialogue
Religion and politics

Education:
B.S. Journalism with a double major in Religion, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Tina Herman
Production Editor, U.S. Catholic

Tina Herman has been the production editor at U.S. Catholic since 2006. Prior to that, she has worked as a copy editor and page designer at several daily newspapers in the Phoenix and Chicago areas.

Education:
B.A., Journalism, Arizona State University

Meghan Murphy-Gill
Assistant Editor, U.S. Catholic

Meghan joined U.S. Catholic in 2009.  She is currently working on a master's thesis at Catholic Theological Union where she is a Bernardin Scholar. Prior to coming to U.S. Catholic, she worked as a freelance writer and blogger, was an editorial assistant for New Theology Review, and worked with the Center for the Study of Religious Life.

Areas of Expertise:
Theology
Art/media/culture

Education:
M.A., Theology, Catholic Theological Union (in progress)
B.A., Media Arts and Design (concentration in Print Journalism), James Madison University

Heather Grennan Gary
Contributing Editor, U.S. Catholic

Heather Grennan Gary is associate editor of U.S. Catholic. She joined the U.S. Catholic team as an assistant editor in 2001. Prior to that, Grennan Gary spent two years in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, working at a battered women's shelter in Alaska and family resource center in Oregon.

Areas of Expertise:
Theology
Young adults

Education:
Master’s in Theological Studies, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
M.S., Journalism, Northwestern University
B.A., Communication and Philosophy, Santa Clara University

Author:
"Exit Strategies: What U.S. Catholic Readers Consider A Good Death," included in Changing Boundaries: The Best Religion News Writing, Seabury Books 2005