Jason Evert has traveled to six continents to bring the message of purity to millions of

people for more than 25 years, including World Youth Days in Australia, Spain, Poland,

Panama, and Portugal. He has lectured at dozens of universities, including Harvard,

Princeton, and the United States Naval and Air Force Academies. Jason earned a

master’s degree in Theology and undergraduate degrees in Counseling and Theology,

with a minor in Philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

He is a best-selling author of 25 books, including Saint John Paul the Great, How to Find

Your Soulmate without Losing Your Soul, and The Dating Blueprint. He is a frequent

guest on radio programs throughout the country, and his television appearances include

MSNBC, Fox News, the BBC, and EWTN. Jason runs Chastity Project and its website,

chastity.com, hosts the podcast Lust is Boring, and leads an international alliance of

young people who promote purity in more than 40 countries.

Haley Stewart is the Editor of Word on Fire Votive, a publishing imprint for young readers. She is also the host of The Votive Podcast, and she writes a bestselling Substack email newsletter. Haley is the award-winning author of eight books, including The Catholic Kids' Cookbook and The Sister Seraphina Mysteries (a fictional series for children about mouse nuns who live beneath G.K. Chesterton's house). Haley lives in Florida and is a single mom to her four children, ages 7-17. She loves to travel and always needs more bookshelves.

Fr. Dennis McManus is a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile in Alabama. From 1997-2006, he worked as Associate Director of the Secretariat for the Liturgy at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC. Pope John Paul II named him as consultor and theologian to the newly established Vox Clara commission of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, on which he has served since 2001; Pope Benedict XVI then appointed Fr. McManus as consultor to the Congregation itself in 2010 and then as peritus to the Vox Clara commission. He has taught as a professor of liturgy at several seminaries, just completing his last assignment at Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg. Fr. McManus has written widely on liturgical topics. He served as pastoral coordinator for the Archdiocese of New York in deliverance and exorcism ministry from 2009-2011. 

He is also the USCCB consultant for Jewish Affairs and membered on both the Vatican-Baptist dialogue (2007-20012) and the USCCB-Reform Churches dialogue, which issued its historic joint agreement on the form and recognition of baptism (2012). He was general editor of Paulist Press’ Ancient Christian Writers Series from 1994-2007 and translation editor of Varsity Press’ Ancient Christian Commentary from 1995-1998. Fr. McManus has taught courses in theology, medieval literature, classical languages, and Jewish studies for over 40 years. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in classical languages and philosophy from St. Mary’s College of California, a master’s degree in historical ethics from Georgetown University, and a doctorate in patristics from Drew University. 

He just completed 25 years as a Professor in the Department of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University. He is presently assigned as parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, and professor of theology at St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park.