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| Dawn Eden Goldstein gives Pope Francis copies of two of her books, the Italian edition of My Peace I Give You and the Spanish edition of Remembering God's Mercy, October 16, 2019. |
Dawn Eden Goldstein, JCL, SThD, is the author of The Sacred Heart: A Love for All Times and several other books, including Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor (winner of the Christopher Award) and (under the pen name Dawn Eden) The Thrill of the Chaste, My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints, and Remembering God's Mercy. Together her books have been translated into ten languages.
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| Dawn Eden Goldstein at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, January 2025. Photo by Agaton Strom. |
Born in New York City, Dr. Goldstein began her working life as a rock-and-roll historian. She went on to editorial positions at the New York Post and the Daily News before publishing her first book in 2006. In 2016, she became the first woman to earn a doctorate in sacred theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake. She went on to teach at universities and seminaries in the United States, England, and India.
With her graduation from the Catholic University of America School of Canon Law in May 2023, she became one of the few laywomen to hold both a theology doctorate licensed by the Holy See and a licentiate in canon law. In June 2025, she became the first lay Director of the Tribunal of the Diocese of Bridgeport.
Among Dr. Goldstein's awards are a 2023 Christopher Award for Father Ed and a 2017 Excellence in Publishing Award from the Association of Catholic Publishers for Remembering God's Mercy. Currently she is writing a biography of Father Louis J. Twomey, SJ, for the University of Notre Dame Press, and has started an online newsletter, Matters Twomey, offering previews of her research.
With her graduation from the Catholic University of America School of Canon Law in May 2023, she became one of the few laywomen to hold both a theology doctorate licensed by the Holy See and a licentiate in canon law. In June 2025, she became the first lay Director of the Tribunal of the Diocese of Bridgeport.
Among Dr. Goldstein's awards are a 2023 Christopher Award for Father Ed and a 2017 Excellence in Publishing Award from the Association of Catholic Publishers for Remembering God's Mercy. Currently she is writing a biography of Father Louis J. Twomey, SJ, for the University of Notre Dame Press, and has started an online newsletter, Matters Twomey, offering previews of her research.
To invite Dawn Eden Goldstein to give a talk, write dawneden [at] gmail.com.
