Colleen Connell Mitchell is an author, poet, community advocate and justice-seeker. She has published two books and has had poems published in a number of anthologies. She is currently working on her first chapbook of poetry, Lithium Diaries, to be released this winter. Colleen is mom to five of the most stellar humans on the planet, one queenly cat and a mostly adorably puppy.

Baltimore-based Matt Palmer has written about the Catholic Church since 2008 and led the U.S. Bishops social media efforts surrounding Pope Francis' 2015 visit to the U.S.

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