Helen Osman is secretary of communications for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and can discuss the conference’s guidelines on use of social networks among Catholics. Contact [email protected].

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued guidelines for the use of social networks among Catholics.

The National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF) is a Virginia-based organization that recruits, endorses and provides oversight for chaplains in all branches of the military.

The Military Chaplains’ Association of the United States of America serves as the professional organization for chaplains of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Veterans Affairs and Civil Air Patrol and includes members of all faith groups.

Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program run by the U.S. Army which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual soldier and family member readiness through relationship education and skills training. Contact Carleton W. Birch.

The International Conference of War Veterans Ministers is an organization of veterans who are also ministers who provide pastoral care for veterans. Contact founder the Rev. Phil Salois from Newtonville, Mass.

Efrain Agosto is a professor of New Testament and directs the Hispanic ministries program at Hartford Seminary. His expertise includes Bible scholarship and Hispanic theology across the U.S. Christian denominations.

Edwin David Aponte is a research professor of Latina/o and Latin American Christianity in the Center of World Christianity at New York Theological Seminary. He co-edited Handbook of Latina/o Theologies (Chalice Press, 2006).

Sister Ana María Pineda teaches Hispanic theology, spirituality and ministry at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif. Her interests include women’s issues and pastoral issues. She co-edited Dialogue Rejoined: Theology and Ministry in the U.S. Hispanic Reality (The Liturgical Press, 1995).