Gail Buckley

Gail Buckley, DHS

Gail Buckley is the founder of Catholic Scripture Study International. CSS, as it is better known, has thousands of members throughout the U.S. and abroad. The commentaries in the CSS program studies are written by well-known Catholic authors and Scripture Scholars such as Dr. Scott Hahn, Steve Ray, Fr. Mitch Pacwa and Mike Aquilina among others. Video lectures that accompany the studies are done by Catholic priests, including Fr. Jeff Kirby, Msgr. Patrick Winslow and Fr. Mitch Pacwa. She compiled and edited, as well as wrote many parts of the best-selling Catholic Scripture Study International Bible which features her company logo on the front. The CSS Bible is a Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition bible in which she added 76 extra pages of apologetics, faith facts, articles, maps, pictures and a topical Index.

Gail served as president on the board of the Catholic Leadership Conference from 2011 to 2018 and also served on the board of directors of Catholics United for the Faith (CUF).

In 2009, Gail was investured into the Equestrian Order of the Knights and Dames of the Holy Sepulchre, an ancient order under the Papacy. In May of the same year, Gail was invited to the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI whereby she presented the Holy Father with a CSS study on the Gospel of John and received his apostolic blessing.

For seven years Gail hosted a live, hour-long national "Bible Lady show" on Radio Maria. Since 201l, she has been doing a weekly "Bible Lady" segment on the Ave Maria radio show, "Catholic Connection" with Teresa Tomeo.

Gail has been a featured guest on EWTN's television shows "The Journey Home", "EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch Pacwa", "Bookmark" with Doug Keck and "The Catholic View for Women" and has been profiled in The National Catholic Register, Lay Witness and Envoy magazines. She also hosted the Carolina Catholic Spotlight show on Carolina Catholic Radio Network. More recently she is featured as a bible expert in the documentary series, "Messiah" which has aired on several networks including EWTN, Vimeo, and Catholic TV. She and her husband, Steve, hosted a facebook live, hour-long discussion each week on "Messiah" after each of the eight episodes aired on EWTN.

Gail is a member of the Catholic Speakers Bureau and has spoken at several national Catholic conferences and parishes around the country. She's also been a featured guest on many Catholic radio shows including Catholic Answers Live, Ave Maria radio: Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo, Al Kreska in the Afternoon, EWTN's Deep in Scripture program with Marcus Grodi, Catholic Insight with Tom Curran, Sacred Heart Radio, Relevant radio and others.

In 2023 she was the national Catholic spokesperson for the movie/documentary, "Route 66: A Biblical Highway" which featured Mike Pompeo, former US Secretary of State and David Friedman, former US Ambassador to Israel.

Gail's conversion story can be read online by typing in Gail Buckley's conversion story or viewed on the video from The Journey Home Show "Gail Buckley: A Methodist Who Became a Catholic".