Author - Heidi Schlumpf

Heidi Schlumpf, a former editor at U.S. Catholic, is the executive editor of the National Catholic Reporter and author of Elizabeth A. Johnson: Questing for God.

Why Stay Catholic?

Why Stay Catholic? By Michael Leach (Loyola Press, 2011) A few years ago a Catholic publisher asked Michael Leach to write a book on “101 reasons to be...

Femme fidele

How women who work for the church keep the faith It’s lunchtime at St. Clement Parish in Chicago, and although some of the city’s best restaurants are within...

Words of wisdom

Find or be a mentor. Ministry associations are great, but informal groups work, too. “I’ve really found a lot of support in the older women who have paved the...

Field of Compassion

Field of Compassion By Judy Cannato (Sorin Books, 2010) I'm no Albert Einstein. Science is just not my thing. Even Ira Flatow (of NPR's "Science...

Readers defend the sisters

If U.S. women religious need voices in their defense, U.S. Catholic readers are happy to testify. Not only do they sing the praises of sisters who have taught...