On Thursday, April 3, the Notre Dame Forum took up the topic of women in the life of the church. Convening a number of people who contributed articles to the October 2013 issue of America magazine, which explored this topic, the event featured Kathleen Sprows Cummings, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism and associate professor of American studies; Rev. Matt Malone, S.J., editor-in-chief of America; Kerry Alys Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management; Annie Selak, residence hall rector and lay minister; and Sr. Ann Astell, professor of theology.  The panel discussion was moderated by Anne Thompson of NBC News.