Jennifer Ristine is a consecrated woman of Regnum Christi, which is a Society of Apostolic Life in the Catholic Church. She consecrated her life to God in 1997 and has been engaged in faith and spiritual formation primarily through teaching, writing, conferences, retreats and spiritual direction. She is a contributor for RC Spirituality , instructor for the online Spiritual Director Certificate course at Divine Mercy University in Virginia, and author of Mary Magdalene: Insights from Ancient Magdala and Nine Days with Mary Magdalene. She served for 12 years as a teacher of pedagogy, theology and spirituality classes at Mater Ecclesiae College, and served from 2014-2018 as the Director of the Magdalena Institute and the Visitors’ Center Coordinator in Magdala, the ancient hometown of Mary Magdalene, a first century Jewish site and Christian pilgrim center. She has obtained degrees in Special Education from Western Illinois University, Pastoral and Religious studies from Regina Apostolorum in Rome, and her Masters in Theology from Catholic Distance University in Virginia.

Fr. Matt Gerlach is an ordained priest of the Diocese of Tulsa, currently serving the parish of St. Anne in Broken Arrow. In his near 25 years of priesthood, Fr. Gerlach has served in parish ministry, diocesan ministry, college ministry, and high school chaplaincy.

Brian Jewell is vice president and executive editor of The Group Travel Leader Inc., a niche publishing company serving the group tourism markets. In this capacity, he oversees the company’s print and online products, including flagship magazine The Group Travel Leader, which reaches 15,000 tour operators, travel agents, group leaders and other travel industry readers. He also oversees Going On Faith, the national travel magazine for church groups with an audience of 6,500 church travel planners, and Select Traveler, which reaches 4,100 bank club travel directors, university alumni travel directors and chamber of commerce travel planners. Brian has been with the company since 2004, previously serving as associate editor, project manager and staff writer. His work with the company has taken him to 48 U.S. states and more than 25 foreign countries. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife Laura and children Daisy and Liam.

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the leisure, travel & tourismindustry. Skilled in Leisure Travel, Tour Operators, CEOs, Travel Management, and Guided Tours. Strong business development professional graduated from Houston Texas to the Holy Land and the Other Holy Sites.

Michael O’Neill is an award-winning author, EWTN Radio and television host, and creator of the the popular miracle-tracking website, MiracleHunter.com. O’Neill, a graduate of Stanford University and member of the Mariological Society of America, has been interviewed about his research numerous times on programs like NBC Today and The Dr. Oz Show. He was the consultant for the National Geographic magazine December 2015 cover story and map about the Virgin Mary “The Most Powerful Woman in the World” and was interviewed as the Marian expert on the corresponding television piece for NatGeo Explorer. He is the host of the weekly EWTN Radio program “The Miracle Hunter®” and the weekly EWTN docuseries “They Might Be Saints” about the lives and intercessory miracles of future American saints. His new EWTN travel series “Explore” debuts on February 11th with an episode about Lourdes. He has written numerous books including his latest, “Virgin, Mother, Queen” (Ave Maria Press). His annual international pilgrimage will be from October 18-27 (https://www.nativitypilgrimage.com/miraclehunter) visiting the Marian apparition sites of France including for the 150th anniversary of La Salette and the 175th anniversary of Pontmain.