Bishop Kevin Rhoades was born and raised in south Central Pennsylvania. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Harrisburg in 1983 and became Bishop of Harrisburg in 2004. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. He has served on multiple committees of the USCCB, including as Chair-Elect of the USCCB Committee on Religious Liberty and as a member of the Bishops’ Advisory Board of the National Eucharistic Revival.

Bobby and Margy Kloska met while both working for St. Maria Goretti parish in Scottsdale, AZ, and were married in 1996 at Notre Dame. They lived in Steubenville, OH for a year while Bobby got his Masters of Philosophy from Franciscan University, and they eventually settled in South Bend, IN. Bobby is currently the Chief Partnership Officer at Notre Dame Federal Credit Union, and Margy is the Director of Admissions for Marian High School.

Originally from Missouri, Sister Lisetta attended undergrad and graduate school at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where she first encountered the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. She entered religious life and went on to receive a Masters in Theology from Franciscan University. She is currently the Provincial Vicar of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, working primarily with temporarily professed sisters in formation.

Fr. Peter Puleo grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and worked for a time as an engineer in Oklahoma before eventually joining the Congregation of Holy Cross as a seminarian. He was ordained a priest at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame in April 2024 and currently serves as associate pastor of St. Joseph parish in South Bend. He has had a lifelong devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows.