The Editor
	Patrick Marrin succeeded Bill Freburger as editor of Celebration in 1998. He holds master’s degrees in theology, philosophy and journalism and has worked in religious education, liturgical and preaching ministry and as book editor, graphics editor and political cartoonist for a daily newspaper. Before being tapped as editor for Celebration, he was chair of the Mass Communications department and an associate professor at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan. He traces his interest in liturgy to his early formation as a student at St. John’s Prep in Collegeville, Minn., and to the influence of the Benedictine monks there. He was a member of the Dominican Order for 18 years, including 11 years of ordained ministry. He lives with his family in Kansas City, Mo.
	The Publisher
	Rita Larivee, SSA, served as associate publisher of The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company for seven years before assuming the role of publisher, which oversees Celebration Publications and the e-Series. Prior to coming to NCR/Celebration Publications, she was president of Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA, and has spent twenty years in academia.  She holds a Ph.D. in Theology and Christian Ethics from Loyola University of Chicago; an M.T.S. in moral and systematic theology, with distinction, from Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Weston, MA; doctoral studies in mathematics and computer education, Boston University; M.A.T. in mathematics and education from Rhode Island College, and a B.A. in mathemetics, physics and education from Rhode Island College.  She is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Anne, which is headquartered in Quebec, and also holds memberships in the Catholic Theological Society of America, Society of Christian Ethic and the Catholic Press Association.

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