Guests

Matt Paolelli is the development marketing director at Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. He previously served as senior director of marketing and communications for the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary and as the senior manager of... Read More.

Matthew Warner is the founder of Flocknote, a digital communications management tool for parishes. His book “Why They Follow: Lessons in Church Communication from that One Lost Sheep,” explains lessons the Flocknote team has learned from thousands of... Read More.

Maura Baker is a staff writer and content provider for "The Messenger," the newspaper for the Diocese of Covington

Maura Roan McKeegan is the author of several Catholic picture books, including “Where is Jesus?” and “St. Conrad and the Wildfire,” and writes frequently for national publications. Her new book, “Julia Greeley: Secret Angel to the Poor,” is available... Read More.

Maureen and Ted Flynn are founders and chairs of the International Week of Prayer and Fasting, sponsored by an international coalition of Catholic organizations. She’s the publisher and editor of the magazine “Signs and Wonders for Our Times,” and... Read More.

Mauro Borelli has collaborated with some of the most renowned filmmakers in the industry, including Francis Ford Coppola, Bernardo Bertolucci, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, M. Night Shyamalan, Ang Lee, Gus Van Sant, Roland Emmerich, and Terry Gilliam. The films he... Read More.

Max Prowant is a Philos Project Research Fellow at In Defense of Christians. His work focuses on currents in Islamic extremism and its effect on Christian communities in the Near East. Specifically he both studies the radical, religious ideologies... Read More.

Meg Hunter-Kilmer, author of the Saints Around the World Series from Emmaus Press, is a missionary and storyteller who travels the world telling people about the fierce and tender love of God. She is the author of four... Read More.

Meg Whalen studied business at Elon University in North Carolina, but soon after realized that her talents and passions were pulling her in a different direction. Inspired from a young age by comic strips like Calvin & Hobbes and... Read More.

Megan Hjelmstad is a writer, speaker, Army veteran, wife, and mother; the author of Offer it Up: Discovering the Power and Purpose of Redemptive Suffering (2025, Emmaus Road) and a writer for several publications. She speaks at conferences and... Read More.

Mehek Cooke is a Columbus-based attorney, political strategist, and commenter, she immigrated to Ohio from India as a child and has served in the US Attorney General’s office in counter-terrorism cases. She’s also a spokesperson for Protect Women Ohio.

Melanie McDonagh is a writer for the Catholic Herald and The Evening Standard, and author of “Converts: From Oscar Wilde to Muriel Spark, Why So Many Became Catholic in the 20th Century” (2025, Yale University Press).