Featured Speakers

Bobby & Jackie Angel
Mark Hart
Fr. Alex Zenthoefer
Jackie and Bobby Angel are full-time speakers, vloggers, and authors and homeschooling parents. Together they have written Pray, Decide, and Don't Worry: 5 Steps to Discerning God's Will and Forever: A Catholic Devotional For Your Marriage. 

​The Angels are regular presenters on the Ascension Presents YouTube channel. along with their own podcast "Conversations with Jackie and Bobby" Jackie and Bobby have five children and reside in North Texas. 
Mark Hart serves as the Chief Innovation Officer of Life Teen International, a global, Catholic youth ministry movement currently implemented in nearly 2,000 parishes and 29 countries worldwide. Mark is a bestselling author of over 30 books and study systems, former SiriusXM radio host, popular speaker, and award-winning producer. His candid humor and passion for Scripture help Catholics everywhere enjoy engaging with God’s Word in relevant ways.

In Getting More Out of Marriage, Embracing God's Plan for Marriage, and Our Not-Quite-Holy Family, Mark and his wife, Melanie, inspire couples and families to live out their vocations with joy. They were recently featured by "The Marriage Initiative," which can be found at marriageresources.org/authors/mark-melanie-hart/.
​The Harts have three daughters and one son and live in Phoenix, Arizona.
Fr. Alex is a native of Evansville, Indiana.  He attended St. John Vianney College Seminary on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Catholic Studies.  After graduating in 2001, he attended Saint Meinrad School of Theology in Southern Indiana. 

Fr. Alex received a Master’s in Catholic Life and Thought and a Master’s of Divinity.  He also completed a Doctorate of Ministry Degree in preaching through Aquinas Institute of Theology. Ordained a priest in 2005, Fr. Alex currently serves as the Rector of St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville, IN and as Vicar General for the Diocese of Evansville.
EMCEE for the event:
Fr. Tyler Tenbarge 
Father Tyler Tenbarge serves as Director of the Office of Vocations for the Diocese of Evansville, as well as the Director of two residential discernment and formation programs for seminarians and men discerning their vocations. In addition to recruitment and oversight of diocesan seminarians, he has also served as the Chaplain for the Evansville Chapter of Legatus since 2019.  You can find stories of life and ministry on his Facebook Page “Father Tyler Tenbarge”.