Claire’s been devouring books and pouring the words back out again longer than she can remember. It’s where her love of God and the Catholic faith finds its fullest expression. Claire has a certification in Spiritual Theology from the Avila Institute and is currently in the graduate program at St. Vincent Seminary’s Institute of Ministry Formation for Spiritual Direction. She has an undergraduate degree in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she serves on the Advisory Board of the Leadership Institute. Her roles as writer, editor, spiritual director, and lifelong student of the interior life all came together in her first book, “This Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity.” She is also a contributor to Blessed is She’s Lenten devotional, New Wine, which released in January 2023. She works full-time for the Avila Foundation as copywriter and editor of spiritualdirection.com. She has a passion for helping women in particular see the beauty and possibility in their own interior lives and their unrepeatable place in the Church, and for Catholic writers to be encouraged and formed in their writing journey. She is a writing coach and the co-founder and content director of Write These Words and the PraiseWriters Catholic Writing Membership Community. Most importantly, she has been married for 26 years and has six children and one grandchild. Connect and keep in touch with her at eventhesparrow.com.