Paula C. Slovenkai received her B.A. in visual art at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.  She is a painter who has focused on the various manifestations of the Holy Spirit found in nature.   She is currently working on creating sacred spaces in the home environment .   She is the leader and founder of women's gatherings in her parish, and is a Catholic woman who lives with great hope for the haling of the Church in the new millennium.