Catherine Bernard Author & Editor

Catherine Bernard is currently the president and director of Service and Research Institute on Family and Children (SERFAC), Chennai. She is a medical doctor by profession and holds a degree in Religion and Religious Education from Fordham University, New York. She is the founder of Society for Family Integrity and Development in Tiruchiarppalli, India, and SERFAC. She has written several books and articles on natural family planning and family. She has organized 13 international conferences of which three were world congress. John J. Shea is a professor of the Practice of Pastoral Care and Counselling and the dual degree director (MA/MA, MA/MSW) at the School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College, Massachusetts. He is a fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Virginia, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the SERFAC.