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Professor Ronda de Sola Chervin
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Ronda is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Our Lady of Corpus and Visiting Professor of Women's Studies in the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne. She became a Catholic at 21 after being raised in a Jewish-atheist family. Her studies in philosophy took her from the University of Rochester where she completed a BA in 1957 to Fordham University where she completed an MA in 1960 and a PhD in 1967. In 1991 she completed another Master of Arts degree, this time in Religious Studies from the Notre Dame Institute. She has been a Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Loyola Marymount University, the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and the Franciscan University of Steubenville. She is an international lecturer and author of some 45 books about Catholic thought, practice and spirituality including "Feminine, Free and Faithful" (1995), "Holding Hands with God: Catholic Women Share their Stories of Courage and Hope" (1997) and "Help in Time of Need" (2002). In her writing she has given particular attention to anthropology and the role of women in the contemporary Church and world. Ronda is a widow, mother and grandmother of seven.
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