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Marissa Papula is the director of development for Discerning Deacons and the former director of campus ministry at Loyola Marymount University. Her writing has appeared in America, The Christian Century and elsewhere.
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Augustine Judd is a Dominican priest of the Province of St. Joseph and pastoral administrator of Holy Trinity and Holy Rosary Parishes in Springfield, Kentucky. He has served in parish, campus and teaching ministries.
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