Ave Maria Press
Elizabeth Tomlin serves as General Counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA since October 2016 and has been an author for Ave Maria Press since October 2019. Previously, Elizabeth worked as Assistant Chief Counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from September 2015 to July 2016, and as a Research Analyst at the United States Military Academy at West Point from August 2011 to August 2014. Additional experience includes volunteering as an attorney for both the County of Rockland and the United States Military Academy at West Point in early 2011, as well as serving as a Law Clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice from January 2008 to June 2010. Elizabeth holds a Master of Arts in Theology/Theological Studies from the University of Notre Dame (2023), a Juris Doctor from George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School (2010), and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from William & Mary (2002).
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Ave Maria Press
Ave Maria Press has been in continuous business since 1865, when the visionary Holy Cross priest Edward Sorin, who had founded the University of Notre Dame twenty-three years earlier, started the Ave Maria magazine. Father Sorin’s goal was to produce a magazine honoring Mary, focusing on Catholic families, and showcasing the best American Catholic writing. Despite discouragement from naysayers who didn't believe it could be done, Sorin launched his magazine. In a daring move for his era, he soon turned the reins over to a woman, Sister Angela Gilespie, a nurse veteran of the Civil War. The Ave Maria grew quickly, and by the turn of the twentieth century, it was the most popular English-language Catholic magazine in the world. During the 105-year run of the Ave Maria, the Press also published books and pamphlets, a program it began to develop more fully in the 1960s. When declining circulation forced the magazine to cease publication in 1970, book publishing was pushed into high gear. Over the years, Ave Maria Press has published such important Catholic authors as Joseph Champlin, Tom Corcoran, Thomas Green, Edward Hays, Lisa Hendey, Francis MacNutt, Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Christine Valters Paintner, Michael Pennock, Joyce Rupp, Mother Teresa, Michael White, Robert Wicks, and Macrina Wiederkehr. Now established as a major Catholic book publisher and still under the ownership of the United States Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Ave Maria Press is home to Sorin Books, Forest of Peace, Christian Classics, and Spiritual Book Associates, a book club. It perpetuates Fr. Sorin's vision to honor Mary and provides an important outlet for good Catholic writing. Ave Maria is also recognized as a leader in publishing Catholic high school religion textbooks, parish resources, and books on prayer and spirituality.