Kathleen (Kay) Fernholz, a School Sister of Notre Dame, grew up on the farm that is also the site of her current ministry. She has been a classroom teacher and a pastoral administrator in the Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota. Currently, both she and her School Sister of Notre Dame sister, Annette, minister at Earthrise Farm where radical hospitality, Earth spirituality education, and witness bring joy into their community lifestyle.

Sandrine Rastello is a contributor to Global Sisters Report, based in Montreal. An award-winning journalist and conference moderator, she reported from three continents during a two-decade career at Bloomberg News. She has written stories about everything from global macroeconomics to U.S. elections, gone down France’s last coal mine and tracked some of Canada’s biggest companies. She is also an accomplished actress who regularly performs with her troupe.