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Bishop Robert Barron
Founder of Word on Fire
Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota. He is also the host of CATHOLICISM, a groundbreaking, award-winning documentary about the Catholic Faith, which aired on PBS. Bishop Barron is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and has published numerous books, essays, and articles on theology and the spiritual life. He is a religion correspondent for NBC and has also appeared on FOX News,…
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Dr. Christopher Kaczor
Honorary Professor for the Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life and Dean of Professors
Dr. Christopher Kaczor is the Honorary Professor for the Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life at the Word on Fire Institute. He is also Chair of the Department of Philosophy at…
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Dr. Holly Ordway
Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture
Holly Ordway is the Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word on Fire Institute, and Visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. She holds a…
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Dr. Matthew Petrusek
Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute
Matthew R. Petrusek, PhD is the Senior Director of the Word on Fire Institute and its Professor of Catholic Ethics. He has authored/edited several books, including Evangelization and Ideology: How…
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John Allen, Jr.
Fellow of Communications & Media
John Allen Jr. is the Fellow of Communications & Media at the Word on Fire Institute and the President and Editor of Crux, an independent online news site specializing in…
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Mark Bradford
Fellow for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Mark Bradford was appointed Fellow for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the beginning of 2023. For over 20 years, he has been blessed to serve in leadership positions…
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Dr. Richard DeClue
Professor of Theology
Richard G. DeClue, Jr., S.Th.D. is the Professor of Theology at the Word on Fire Institute. In addition to his undergraduate degree in theology (Belmont Abbey College), he earned three…
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Robert Mixa
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Robert Mixa is the former Fellow for Catholic Education at the Word on Fire Institute. He received his M.T.S. in Biotechnology and Ethics from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute.…
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Dr. Tod Worner
Evangelization & Culture Managing Editor
Dr. Tod Worner is a husband, father, practicing internal medicine physician, and the Managing Editor of Evangelization & Culture, the Journal of the Word on Fire Institute. His writing can…
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Andrew Petiprin
Teaching Fellow
Andrew Petiprin served as the Fellow of Popular Culture at the Word on Fire Institute. He is an author and former Anglican cleric who came into full communion with the…
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Dr. Anthony Pagliarini
Teaching Fellow
Dr. Anthony Pagliarini grew up in northeastern Pennsylvania (Wilkes-Barre). After earning his BA in theology and philosophy at Notre Dame, he taught high school in a Catholic mission parish in…
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Dr. Stacy Trasancos
Teaching Fellow
Stacy A. Trasancos earned a PhD in Chemistry from Penn State University and a MA in Dogmatic Theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary. Before becoming Catholic, she worked as…
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Dr. Stephen Bullivant
Teaching Fellow
Stephen Bullivant is Professor of Theology and the Sociology of Religion, and Director of the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society. He holds doctorates in Theology (Oxford, 2009) and…
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Fr. Paul Murray
Teaching Fellow
Paul Murray, OP, an Irish Dominican friar, lives in Rome where he teaches courses at the Angelicum University on the literature of the Western mystical tradition. He is a Fellow…
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Fr. Stephen Gadberry
Teaching Fellow
Fr. Stephen Gadberry is a native of Wynne, Arkansas and a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Little Rock, ordained on May 28, 2016. When not preaching at the pulpit,…
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Haley Stewart
Teaching Fellow
Haley Stewart is the Managing Editor of Word on Fire Spark and the author of The Grace of Enough, Jane Austen's Genius Guide to Life, and The Sister Seraphina Mysteries. She lives in…
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Jennifer Frey
Teaching Fellow
Dr. Jennifer Frey is currently an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina. Previously, she was a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago.…
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Leah Libresco
Teaching Fellow
Leah Libresco has worked as a statistics professor, a data journalist, and a Bayesian probability instructor. She grew up as an atheist and converted to Catholicism while studying at Yale.…
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Matthew Nelson
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Matthew Nelson is an apologist at the Word on Fire Institute. He holds a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, and he is currently pursuing…
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Alexandra DeSanctis and Ryan T. Anderson
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Bobby Angel
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Bridget McCartney Nohara
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Cardinal Arthur Roche
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Edmund Mitchell
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Ellyn von Huben
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Robert Hugh Benson
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