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Bobby Angel
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Fr. Nate Wills
Fr. Nate Wills
Fr. Nate Wills, CSC, is the chaplain of the University of Notre Dame football team. As an education professor at Notre Dame, he teaches in the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program and is the founding director of the Alliance for Catholic Education’s Higher-Powered Learning program.

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Katie McGrady
Katie Prejean McGrady is a Catholic author, an international speaker, and the host of the Ave Explores podcast and The Katie McGrady Show on Sirius XM. She is the coauthor of First Reconciliation and Beyond: A Family's Guide for Learning and Living Forgiveness with her husband, Tommy McGrady.

Heather Khym
Heather Khym
Heather Khym is cohost of the internationally popular Abiding Together podcast and assistant director of evangelization at Franciscan University. She and her husband, Jake, co-founded Life Restoration Ministries, where she serves as director of vision and ministry for the British Columbia–based apostolate. She also serves as director of the Celtic Cross Foundation.

Andrew Swafford
Andrew Swafford
Andrew Swafford is a professor of theology at Benedictine College. He is the author of Lunatic, Liar, or Lord: Unveiling the Truth of Catholicism with C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity and A Catholic Guide to the New Testament. Together with his wife, Sarah Swafford, he coauthored Gift and Grit: How Heroic Virtue Can Change Your Life and Relationships.

Sr. Miriam Heidland
Sr. Miriam Heidland
Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, is a popular Catholic speaker, a cohost of the Abiding Together podcast, and the author of the bestselling books Loved as I Am, Restore: A Guided Lent Journal for Prayer and Meditation, and Behold: A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation.

Christopher Kaczor
Christopher Kaczor
Christopher Kaczor is the Honorary Professor for the Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life at Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire Institute, a professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, and a visiting fellow at the University of Notre Dame.

Michael White
Michael White
Fr. Michael White is a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, pastor of Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland, and cofounder of Rebuilt—an organization designed to rebuild parishes for growth and health.

Tom Corcoran
Tom Corcoran
Tom Corcoran has served Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland, in a variety of roles that give him a unique perspective on parish ministry and leadership. Corcoran also is the president of Rebuilt—an organization designed to rebuild parishes for growth and health.

John Bergsma
John Bergsma
John Bergsma is a professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He served as a Protestant pastor for four years before entering the Catholic Church in 2001 while pursuing a doctorate specializing in the Old Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls from the University of Notre Dame.

Sr. Josephine Garrett
Sr. Josephine Garrett
Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN, is a sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a licensed counselor, host of the Hope Stories podcast, and a Catholic speaker and author.

Bob Schuchts
Bob Schuchts
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Joyce Rupp
Joyce Rupp
Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer and spiritual midwife. She serves as a consultant for the Boundless Compassion program. Rupp is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, Return to the Root, and Jesus, Friend of My Soul.

Fr. Daniel J. Mahan
Fr. Daniel J. Mahan
Fr. Daniel J. Mahan, a priest of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, is the first director of the USCCB’s Institute on the Catechism.
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