Terri Lynn Simpson is the founder of Anam Cara Retreats, which focuses on Celtic spirituality. She brings many of her retreats to women’s groups on the East Coast. She has also been a program consultant and coordinator at the Cathedral Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Phyllis Zagano is a senior research associate-in-residence and adjunct professor of religion at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. She is the author of Holy Saturday: An Argument for the Restoration of the Female Diaconate in the Catholic Church.