Meinrad Scherer - Emunds

Meinrad Scherer-Emunds serves as the Director of Communications for Maryknoll Lay Missioners since October 2018. Previously, Scherer-Emunds held the position of Publisher and Vice President of Content at Catholic Extension from June 2015 to June 2018, overseeing a communications team with a budget exceeding $1 million. From January 1992 to April 2015, Scherer-Emunds was Associate Publisher and Executive Editor at Claretian Publications, leading various aspects of editorial content and production for national Catholic publications. Notable roles at Claretian Publications also included Executive Editor of U.S. Catholic and Managing Editor of Salt of the Earth. Scherer-Emunds began as a U.S. Correspondent and Freelance Writer for multiple German publications from October 1988 until January 1992 and served as Associate Editor for the New Catholic Explorer from September 1989 to December 1991. Educational background includes a Master of Divinity from Universität Bonn, Germany, completed in 1986.