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Fr. Champagne is the Religious Superior of the Community of Jesus Crucified, ministering to the sick and dying, nursing homes, the poor, the mentally distressed, and others marginalized in society. He is also known for being the Director of the Fete-Dieu du Teche, a Eucharistic flotilla often in the bayous of Louisiana that recently took place on the Mississippi River. You can easily spot him by his retrofitted ambulance confessional dubbed “the Spiritual Care Unit” or fire truck retrofitted with an ambo for preaching, known as the “friar truck.”

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Harrelson is a native South Carolinian, residing on a 200 acre farm in the mountains of southeast Kentucky. His doctoral research focused on the history of American rural life and the historical significance of Southern agrarian thought. A recent convert to the Catholic Church, Harrelson’s current research interests explore the contributions of Catholic writers and thinkers to the literary history of rural America. An avid pipe smoker, Harrelson offers commentary on all things pipe smoking through his social media brand called The Pipe Cottage.

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Carrie Gress is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a scholar at The Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America. She earned her doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of America, and is the founder and co-editor at the online women’s magazine and marketplace Theology of Home. Carrie has written for numerous publications and is a frequent guest on radio and television. She is the author of ten books, including The Marian Option and The Anti-Mary Exposed. She co-authored Theology of Home I, II& III, with Noelle Mering. Her latest book is The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us. Carrie is a married homeschooling mother of five and lives in Virginia.

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Kyle is the Founder and Executive Director of Cyprus Island Enterprises, and the author of Blue Collar Catholicism. He’s married to his amazing wife, Kayla, and together they’re raising four young children, who are probably already planning their future farm takeover. They live on a 2.5-acre homestead farm in Southwest Florida, where Kyle’s journey of preparing the farm became the spark of inspiration for his book. Through hard work, faith, and the occasional chicken chase, Kyle’s experiences on the farm have shaped his perspective on life, faith, and the blue-collar spirit he so passionately writes about. He is also host of the Word to Your Mother Podcast and Chief Strategy Officer of The Immaculata Institute which seeks to continue St. Maximilian Kolbe’s mission to consecrate the entire universe to the Immaculata.