Colleen Campbell Karchunas is a pastoral minister who has served in various roles in parishes, schools, and Catholic organizations and walked with Catholic leaders, young adults, children, and high school students in their journeys to become who God created them to be. Her passion is formation, and her work, speaking, and writing most especially focus on Pope Francis's understanding of accompaniment and its application to addressing the needs of the Church today. Colleen received her PhD in Catechetics from the Catholic University of America in 2022, her MA in Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 2017, and her BA in Pastoral Ministry from the University of Dallas in 2015. She currently serves as a campus minister at an all-boys’ high school. Colleen is also a student of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Marquette University and lives in the Washington, DC area.