Carolee McGrath is a co-host of CatholicTV’s weekly women’s series, "The Gist." She is also a television reporter for Catholic Communications in the Diocese of Springfield (Massachusetts). Carolee and her husband, John, have five children.

Mary Lenaburg is an acclaimed Catholic speaker and award-winning author of "Be Brave in the Scared" and "Be Bold in the Broken," renowned for her international keynotes and contributions in Catholic media. Alongside her 37-year joyful marriage and serving in various parish roles, Mary's journey through personal loss fuels her inspiring message of faith, resilience, and making the most of God's plan for us.

After graduating from the US Naval Academy, Sr. Maris Stella had a profound experience of God’s love and knew she was being called to lay down her life that others might live. She was captivated by the Lord's invitation to become a Sister of Life and to live as Bride of Christ and a mother of souls. She entered the Sisters of Life in 2006, and professed her final vows in 2014. She has served in the Sisters' mission to vulnerable pregnant women, accompanied those suffering after abortion, and served in the community's mission of evangelization to college students; she currently lives in the Bronx, NY, and serves as the community's vicar general and local superior of St. Frances de Chantal Convent.. The Sisters of Life are a religious community of women founded in 1991 by John Cardinal O’Connor who take a fourth vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life. Immersed in Eucharistic prayer within a vibrant community life, their missions include caring for vulnerable pregnant women and their unborn children; inviting those wounded by abortion into the healing mercy of Jesus; fostering a Culture of Life through evangelization; retreat works; spiritual accompaniment of college students; and upholding the beauty of marriage and family life.

Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. was born and raised in Michigan. He pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies in Philosophy, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at Saint Louis University on the epistemic status of Christian beliefs according to Saint Thomas Aquinas. He has articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Natural Theology, in the Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas on “God’s Knowledge and Will”, and in the Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology on “Thomas Aquinas.” He earned his S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, and taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He is presently on the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and frequently gives lectures for the Thomistic Institute.

Artie is a product of Catholic Elementary education in Dorchester, MA at ST. Peter’s. He has been employed by the Archdiocese of Boston for the past four years working with the Catholic Appeal and with the Campaign for Catholic Schools under the direction of Jack Connors and Kathleen Driscoll. Artie owned and operated a successful transportation business for thirty years before joining the Archdiocese. Artie sold his business with the hopes of getting into something that would enable him to help spread the faith.

In the year 1999 Artie was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (Kidney Cancer) that spread to his lungs. The doctors gave him less than 5% chance for survival. At the urging of two dear friends he went to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, an apparition site of the Blessed Virgin Mary that began in 1981. It was in Medjugorje that Artie believes he was healed by Jesus through the intercession of Mary and by way of the sacrament of Reconciliation and the power of Forgiveness.

Melissa Overmyer is a dynamic evangelist, author, and speaker. She is a convert to Catholicism and founder of Something Greater Ministries. The story of her conversion can be read in her first book Metamorphosis of a Soul, One Woman’s Testimony. Her second book, Born to Soar, Unleashing God’s Word in Your Life is a Spiritual Life Primer with Lectio Divina based on the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly and is out through Dynamic Catholic. Her third book: From Worry to Wonder, A Catholic Guide to Finding Peace Through Scripture is out through Ascension Press. Her latest book, Wisdom from Women in Scripture, is out through Word Among Us Press. She is also the author of several spiritual journals that can be found and purchased on Amazon. Melissa has her Masters in Theology with an emphasis in Sacred Scripture and has been teaching Scripture for over thirty years. She is the founder of the Georgetown Women’s Bible Study, an interdenominational Scripture study program. You can find her scripture-based teaching videos, rosary videos for every day of the week, and encouraging words at her web sight: MelissaOvermyer.com, Go there and sign up to receive her free, encouraging weekly emails and find her on Facebook, Insta and a variety of Podcasts and most recently on the all new Ascension App. Melissa lives in Washington DC with her husband, has four wonderful daughters, loves leading Pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and participating in archeological digs.