Anne Y. Koester

Anne Y. Koester, JD, MA (theology), works at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, where she is also an adjunct instructor with the theology department. In addition, she oversees the RCIA process at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in DC. A former trial lawyer, Anne studied theology at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. She has worked at the Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy and the Georgetown Center for Liturgy. Anne is the author of Sunday Mass: Our Role and Why It Matters (Liturgical Press, 2007), editor of Liturgy and Justice: To Worship God in Spirit and in Truth (Liturgical Press, 2002), and coeditor of Vision: The Scholarly Contributions of Mark Searle to Liturgical Renewal (Liturgical Press, 2004) and Called to Participate: Theological, Ritual and Social Perspectives by Mark Searle (Liturgical Press, 2006). She is a member of the editorial advisory council of Liturgical Press and the North American Academy of Liturgy.