Colette Lienhard is a convert to Catholicism.
    She earned an Honors Bachelor of Arts in
    Religious Studies from the University of
    Western Ontario in 1997, and a Masters in
    Theology (Catechetics) from the Notre Dame
    Graduate School of Christendom College in
    1999. Through the same institution, she also
    received the Advanced Apostolic
    Catechetical Diploma awarded by the
    Holy See, the highest recognized diploma in the field of Catechetics.

    Colette is the author of the revised edition of the Faith and Life
    series, published by Ignatius Press, having edited the student texts,
    authored the student activity books and teacher’s manuals for
    grades 1-8 and contributed greatly to their online classroom
    resources.

    Since 1999 Colette has worked in Catholic Education as a Director
    of Religious Education, as an Assistant Principal in a Catholic  
    elementary school, as a adjunct professor in Catechetics at the
    Christendom Graduate School, and she is frequently a lecturer in
    catechist formation for parishes in the Diocese of Arlington.

    In 2007 she became the full time Director of the Catholic Education
    Center, LLC, and is a contributing instructor for the online courses.

      Colette resides in Virginia with her husband and children.
Colette Ellis Lienhard, M.A.
Catholic Education Center, LLC

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