Laura Kelly Fanucci is a writer and program director at the Collegeville Institute, housed at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. She earned her Master of Divinity from Saint John's School of Theology and her BA from the University of Notre Dame. She writes about spirituality and parenting at Mothering Spirit: www.motheringspirit.com. 
Laura is the author of Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting (2014), Mercy: God's Nature, Our Challenge (2016), Dashed Hopes: When Our Best-Laid Plans Fall Apart (2017), and To Bless Our Callings: Prayers, Poems, and Hymns to Celebrate Vocation  (Wipf & Stock, 2017). She is also the co-author of Living Your Discipleship: Seven Ways to Express Your Deepest Calling (2015). Laura is a monthly columnist for Catholic News Service, and her writing has been featured on the Christian Century online.