Peter Steffen has worked with child welfare and served as the director of the Alcohol and Drugs Clinic in Zwolle, The Netherlands. His studies include secondary education and theology. Steffen edited "Monastic Information", the periodical published by the Benedictines and Trappists in Flanders and the Netherlands, and was one of the compilers of the book of photographs "Bishop Bekkers, 1908-1966: An Ardent Priestly Life" (Alphen aan de Maas, 2006). He is married and lives in Hattem, The Netherlands.