Patricia Wittberg is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the administrator of the Seton Enablement Fund. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and, after 30 years teaching Sociology of Religion in various colleges and universities, currently works as a research associate for the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. She has written extensively on various topics concerning Catholic religious orders and Catholic parishes.