Dr. Ronda Chervin Brought up in a Jewish but atheistic family, Dr. Ronda Chervin became a Catholic when she was 21. She is a widow, mother, grandmother, professor of philosophy and theology, and an international lecturer on topics such as lay spirituality, ethics, mysticism and apologetics. Dr. Chervin has taught at Loyola Marymount University, St. John's Seminary of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Franciscan University of Steubenville and Our Lady of Corpus Christi in Texas.