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Maureen Fiedler

Maureen Fiedler, SL is the host of Interfaith Voices, an hour-long radio magazine show, heard on 43 public and community radio stations in the U.S. and Canada, including WAMU 88.5 FM in Washington, DC.   Its programs offer insightful interviews on the religious issues that touch our lives, shape our culture and influence our public policy. 

Maureen has been involved in interfaith activities for more than three decades.  She has been an active participant in many inter-religious coalitions working for social justice, racial or gender equality, and peace.   Her special interests lie at the intersection of theology and public policy.

She served for 26 years as a Co-Director of the Quixote Center, a national faith-based justice center located in Brentwood, MD near Washington, DC.   She is an editor of Rome Has Spoken: A Guide to Forgotten Papal Statements, and How They Have Changed Through the Centuries, published by Crossroad (NY: 1998). 

Maureen has been a commentator on National Public Radio and on WAMU-FM, an NPR station in the Washington DC area, and is often a guest to discuss church issues on national television talk shows.  She is also a frequent public speaker on issues of justice, interfaith relations, women's issues and religious reform. 

She is a Sister of Loretto, and holds a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.   She lives in University Park, MD.