Your Sexual Self: Pathway to Authentic Intimacy

The authors invite us to understand and accept our sexuality as the energy and power that enables us to share real intimacy; that enables us to look closely at the process of personal growth that we must pursue to fulfill the hunger for love.

Sr. Fran Ferder, F.S.P.A., is a native of Salem, Oregon, and a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. She has had more than thirty years of ministerial and professional experience as a college professor, director of student counseling, psychotherapist, psychological consultant for various religious communities and dioceses, and a research director for a major social ministry study. Ferder earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from Loyola University, Chicago, and a doctorate in ministry from Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis.

Together with Rev. John Heagle, Ferder founded and directed Therapy and Renewal Associates, a counseling and renewal center in Seattle, Washington. She is an internationally recognized leader of workshops and conferences, and author of several articles, tapes, and books on spirituality, ministry, and human relationships.

Ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1965, Father John Heagle has many years of pastoral experience, including college teaching, campus ministry, justice and peace leadership. He holds a master's degree in philosophy from the Catholic University of America and a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. Heagle is also a licensed psychotherapist, retreat director, and a presenter at national and international conferences. He is the author of several books on spirituality and human relationships.