About ...
Carolyn Astfalk resides with her husband and four children in Hershey,
Pennsylvania. For ten years, she served as communications director for the
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC), the public affairs agency of
Pennsylvania’s Catholic bishops. The PCC advocates for religious liberty, prolife,
pro-family, Catholic healthcare, and Catholic education issues before state
government.
Carolyn’s column on state and national news related to the PCC’s interests
appeared regularly in Pennsylvania ‘s diocesan newspapers. She also appeared
on the statewide television program PCN Live and was a guest on then-Bishop
Donald Wuerl’s television program, “The Teaching of Christ.” In 2005, she
resigned from the PCC to be home full-time with her children.
Carolyn is volunteer chairperson of Real Alternatives, Inc., a nonprofit, charitable
organization that administers alternative-to-abortion funding in Pennsylvania and
Michigan. She is a member of the Catholic Writers Guild, Pennwriters, and the
Pennsylvania Public Relations Society. Her writing has appeared in New
Covenant and Lay Witness magazines. Stay With Me is her debut novel.