Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe is the Chaplain of the Eternal Word Television Network where he initially came to work in 1985 as an engineer. Two years later he became one of the founding members of the men’s community founded by Mother Angelica in 1987: the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word. The motto of the friars is: The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back – something they strive to do by utilizing the media. Fr. Joseph obtained a Master of Arts degree in Theology – Magna Cum Laude – from St Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. On September 8, 2023, Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Pontifical Marian Academy. He often celebrates the televised Mass and has produced a number of series and devotions featured on EWTN, including on-location series in Fatima, Guadalupe, Lourdes, and the Holy Land.

Father Chris Alar, MIC, entered the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, the religious community entrusted with spreading the message and devotion of Divine Mercy, as a postulant in July 2006. Prior to that time, he received a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Michigan. After working as an engineering manager at a large automotive supplier in Detroit, he began his own consulting firm in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2000. Answering the Lord’s call, he attended Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio, for his philosophy studies; Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., for his theology studies; and he earned his Masters of Divinity degree from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. He wrote and produced the popular “Divine Mercy 101” and “Explaining the Faith” YouTube series and is the author of the bestselling book After Suicide: There’s Hope for Them and for You, as well as Understanding Divine Mercy. He is host of the EWTN show Living Divine Mercy, which airs on Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. EST. From 2014-2024, he served as “Fr. Joseph, MIC,” the Director of the Association of Marian Helpers. In 2023 he was elected Provincial Superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception in the United States and Argentina.

Russ Breault is the author of the highly acclaimed book, Shroud Encounter-Explore the World’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery. He is a lifelong researcher and lecturer on the Shroud of Turin, believed by millions to be the authentic burial cloth that wrapped Jesus in the tomb.

Russ has participated in numerous international conferences including the first United States Scientific Symposium held in October of 1981 when all the scientists involved with the Shroud of Turin Research Project, Inc. (STURP) presented their papers over two days.
He was an advisor to CNN’s Finding Jesus episode on the Shroud and was interviewed for Good Morning America and World News Tonight. He has been featured in several documentaries seen on Discovery, CBS, EWTN and History Channel including an episode of History’s Greatest Mysteries.
Along with hundreds of churches of all denominations, Russ has brought “Shroud Encounter,” a big screen event using over 200 animated images to numerous colleges and universities including Duke, Johns Hopkins, Penn State, West Point, GA Tech, Cal State, and many others.

Russ is the founder of the Shroud of Turin Education Project, Inc. (STEP) with a simple mission statement: “To advance the knowledge of the Shroud to a new generation.” His primary website is: www.ShroudEncounter.com He also hosts a Facebook page, Instagram page, and a YouTube channel all under the “Shroud Encounter” moniker.

Dan Cellucci is CEO of Catholic Leadership Institute, an apostolate providing leadership training and consulting to more than 300 bishops, 6,000 priests, and over 39,000 deacons, religious and lay leaders in more than 120 dioceses.

Prior to his election as CEO, Dan served as Senior Vice President for Catholic Leadership Institute, working as the primary liaison with bishops and overseeing the apostolate’s marketing and services. Dan is a sought-after advisor, consultant, and presenter for the Church, playing a lead role in projects in the Archdioceses of Miami and Boston as well as the Diocese of Pittsburgh and at the North American College. Dan served for two years as a member of the National Advisory Council for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Dan oversees research associated with Catholic Leadership Institute’s Disciple Maker Index, a parish survey tool that seeks to help pastors and pastoral leaders focus their efforts toward evangelization. Since its inception, the Disciple Maker Index has reached over 3,600 parishes and 690,000 Catholics. Working with this incredible data and more than 30 years of field experience, Dan and the team have embarked on an ambitious plan to define what the Next Generation Parish and Diocese looks like in the next 10 years. Dan and his wife Tricia are the proud parents of four children and live in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

B.S. in Corporate Finance, summa cum laude University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1980
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1981
One year of Ph.D. work in Finance, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1988-89

● Founder/President; Bible Christian Society; an apologetics and evangelization apostolate that reaches hundreds of thousands each year in all 50 states and throughout the world with the truths of the Catholic Faith.1996 – Present

● Author, Blue Collar Apologetics: How to Explain and Defend Catholic Teaching Using Common Sense, Simple Logic, and the Bible; and A Blue Collar Answer to Protestantism: Catholic Questions Protestants Can’t Answer; EWTN Publishing/Sophia Press;

● Host; “EWTN Open Line”, a live, weekly, nationally telecast, call-in radio program of Bible apologetics on the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network. 2003 – 2020

● Director of the Office of Evangelization; Diocese of Birmingham. Responsible for evangelization, pro-life, campus ministry, young adult ministry, stewardship, and family life activities throughout the diocese. 2009 – 2024

Additional Info

In the last 25+ years I have given talks at hundreds of parishes and conferences in the United States and Canada. The conferences at which I’ve spoken include: Defending the Faith Conference (Franciscan University of Steubenville), Santa Fe Archdiocesan Evangelization Conference, Annual Catechetical Conference (Diocese of Nashville), Annual Men’s Conference (Worcester, MA), Fullness of Truth Conference (Corpus Christi, TX), National Catholic Home-Schooling Conference (Baltimore), Ignited By Truth Conference (Raleigh, NC), Napa Valley Catholic Conference (Napa, CA), and more.

Millions of audio copies of my talks have been distributed in the last twenty years, and my e-newsletter, “Apologetics for the Masses,” is sent out every couple of weeks to almost 65,000 subscribers in all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
Have had two seasons of my mini-series, “Blue Collar Apologetics,” aired on EWTN television.
Married 30 yrs. to Janel; three sons, Brennan, Ethan, and Noah, and one daughter, McKenna.