Catherine M. Patten, R.S.H.M.

Catherine M. Patten, R.S.H.M., is the director of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative at the National Pastoral Life Center in New York. The ongoing work of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative represents both a call to renewed dialogue within the Church and an effort to undertake and exemplify that kind of dialogue. Sr. Catherine received her B.A. in English from Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in American Civilization from New York University.