Kimberly Hahn

Kimberly Hahn (née Kirk; born 1957) is an American

Steubenville City Council. She is the eldest child of Jerry and Patricia Kirk, and is married to apologist and author Scott Hahn

.

Hahn was born into a

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She enrolled the following year and earned a Master of Arts in Theology

in 1982.

While studying for her M.A., Hahn carried out research into the history of Christian attitudes towards

Zwingli, and Knox — had condemned it strongly. She also read Catholic author John Kippley, who likened contraception to the practice of feasting and deliberately vomiting. At that stage, Scott and Kimberly both had strong objections to many Catholic teachings, but, after prayer, Bible study, and reflection, they both became convinced that on that issue, at least, the Catholic position was biblical. They changed to Natural Family Planning for a while, then decided to leave the timing of pregnancies entirely to God. Their first son, Michael,^[1]

was born in 1982.

Scott was received into the Catholic Church at Easter 1986. His reception caused a great deal of distress to Kimberly, as described in their book, Rome Sweet Home. However, after struggling for a few more years with issues such as

Mary, she was herself received into the Catholic Church at Easter 1990. She is now a well-known Catholic apologist, a homeschooling mother of six children,^[2] and author of three books. She gives talks about Catholicism, feminism

, and contraception, both nationally and internationally.

On November 3, 2015, Hahn was elected to the Steubenville City Council as Councilwoman-at-Large, winning with 56% of the vote citywide.[3] She sits on the Service, Planning, Transportation and Economic Development Committees of Council. She has 21 Grandchildren.