Sister Patricia Edward has been a Daughter of St. Paul for nearly forty years. She holds a BA in English Communication Arts from Emmanuel College, Boston, as well as a certificate in Communications Media from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a certificate in writing for children and teenagers from the Institute of Children's Literature in West Redding, Ct. She has carried out her Congregation's evangelization apostolate in New York, Missouri, and Ohio, and formerly served as a children's editor at Pauline Books & Media for thirteen years.