Hands with rosary

Maria Lee prays the rosary during eucharistic adoration at St. Patrick Church in Smithtown, N.Y., Dec. 8. The service coincided with the 23rd annual National Night of Prayer for Life, a four-hour vigil held in churches across the country that begins at 9 p.m. on the feast of the Immaculate Conception and ends on Dec. 9, the day in 1531 when Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the unborn, first appeared to St. Juan Diego in Mexico. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) (Dec. 10, 2012)

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Mark Lombard

Mark Lombard, director of the product development division, has worked throughout his career in Catholic publishing. He is married, a father of two and a grandfather of two. Mark is an avid jazz lover, traveling with his wife to catch jazz performances throughout the East Coast.