Emily Stimpson Chapman is a wife, mother, and best-selling Catholic author of over dozen books, including The Story of All Stories: A Story Bible for Young Catholics; Letters to Myself from the End of the World, The Catholic Table: Finding Joy Where Food & Faith Meet, and These Beautiful Bones: An Everyday Theology of the Body.

Dave and Lauren are the founders of Catholic Music Initiative, a non-profit apostolate that creates beautiful and accessible music for the Liturgy.

Ashley Nemeh is a multifaceted recording artist, songwriter, and law school graduate from Cleveland College of Law. She has shared the stage with notable names like Rascal Flatts and Jim Brickman and collaborated with Grammy-winning producers and writers.

Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester is founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries...

Fr. Mike Schmitz is director of Youth & Young Adult Ministry and Newman Center chaplain at University of Minnesota–Duluth...

Jonathan Roumie is an accomplished actor, producer, director, and voice-over artist best known for his award-winning portrayal of ‘Jesus’ in the groundbreaking series THE CHOSEN.

Jeff Cavins is an exciting public speaker and bible teacher. He communicates the Catholic faith at a level that everyone can understand, taking theological truths and expressing them in a practical way.

David Henrie is an actor, director, and Emmy-nominated producer who has been in the entertainment industry for over 25 years.

Since February of 2009 Dr. de Franciscis has been the Médecin Permanent and President of the Bureau des Constatations Médicales de Lourdes and Secretary of the CMIL, the Lourdes International Medical Committee.

Fr. Mark-Mary's latest podcast with Ascension Press, The Rosary in a Year, debuted as the #1 podcast on Apple Podcasts. He is a weekly presenter on Ascension Presents and also co-hosts The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.

Fr Rob Galea is an ordained Catholic Priest and is currently serving in Sandhurst Diocese, Victoria after moving to Australia from Malta, his home country. He is the founder and executive director of ICON Ministry, a charity organization that ministers to over 2,000,000 people each year across the world.

Matthew R. Petrusek, PhD is the Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and its Professor of Catholic Ethics. He has authored/edited several books, including Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture; Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity...

Haley Stewart is the Editor of Word on Fire Votive and the host of The Votive Podcast. She is the award-winning author of several books.

Sister Agnes Mary Graves, RSM is a perpetually professed member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, MI and serves as the Director of Nursing for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., is a Benedictine monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and serves Saint Vincent Seminary as the director for Spiritual Formation.

For over 30 years, Timothy Schmalz has been sculpting large-scale sculptures in bronze, with his works installed worldwide. 

Paula Umana is an international Catholic speaker, retreat leader, trilingual communicator, and mother of five. Formerly the No. 1 professional tennis player in Central America, Paula’s life took a dramatic turn when she became paraplegic ten years ago due to a rare neurological condition.