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Fr. Guerric DeBona, OSB, is a monk and priest of Saint Meinrad Archabbey who serves as Professor of Homiletics, Director of Spiritual Formation, and Director of Hispanic Ministry at the seminary. He graduated from SUNY Stony Brook, Indiana University, Saint Meinrad School of Theology, and Creighton University. Professionally, he has also...

Fr. Robert DeCesare currently serves as assistant director of admissions for Sacred Heart Apostolic School in Rolling Prairie, IN. (Source: sacredheartapostolicschool.org; legionariesofchrist.org)

Dr. Nancy deClaissé-Walford is an American theologian and specialist in the Hebrew language and Biblical studies. She is Carolyn Ward Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages and Advisor for the Academic Research Track at McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia. She is a graduate of Baylor University,...

Dr. Daniel G. Deffenbaugh previously served as professor of religion at Hastings College in Hastings, NE, and author of "Learning the Language of the Fields: Tilling and Keeping as Christian Vocation" (Cowley, 2007). (Source and photo: workingpreacher.org)

Rev. Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia is an ordained United Methodist minister currently serving as the pastor of Suntree United Methodist Church in Melbourne, FL. She is a graduate of University of South Florida and Duke Divinity School. She's served congregations in Largo, St. Petersburg, DeBary, Sarasota, and New Smyrna Beach, FL. (Source: revlisad.com)

Rev. Dr. Chuck DeGroat serves as Professor of Counseling and Christian Spirituality and Executive Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, MI. He is also a faculty member for the Soul Care Institute, licensed therapist, spiritual director, author, and speaker. DeGroat is a...

Rev. James Dekker is a Christian Reformed pastor. He retired as pastor of Covenant CRC in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in June 2013. (Source: network.crcna.org)

Andrea del Castagno (c. 1419-1457) was an Italian Renaissance painter in Florence, influenced chiefly by Masaccio and Giotto di Bondone. His works include frescoes in Sant'Apollonia in Florence and the painted equestrian monument of Niccolò da Tolentino (1456) in Florence Cathedral. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Francesco del Cossa (c. 1430-c. 1477) was an Italian Renaissance painter of the School of Ferrara. He is best known for his frescoes, especially his collaboration with Cosimo Tura on a cycle of the months in the Palazzo Schifanoia of the Este family, rulers of Ferrara. Otherwise, his paintings are mostly of religious subjects, with some portraits and drawings attributed to...

Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance and early Mannerist periods. (Source: wikipedia.org)