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Zac Crippen leads international expansion for Hallow, the world's #1 prayer app. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and the University of Oxford, Zac served as an active duty Air Force officer for seven years before embarking on a career in technology. Zac lives with his wife, Sally, and their five children on the outskirts of South Bend, Indiana. He is a grateful convert to Catholicism and is a member of the Ruthenian (Byzantine) Catholic Church, which traces its geographic roots to Slovakia.
Philosopher-artist… a French superstar of philosophy who breaks all the boxes.
He describes himself as „a Jew with an Arab name, of Catholic faith, speaking French."
Born in France to Jewish-Tunisian parents, he is a former atheist, a punk, and a fan of Nietzsche who, after his conversion, became one of the most original Catholic thinkers of our time.
Archbishop Charles Chaput has called him „one of the best Catholic minds of the last decades.”
In 2014, he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for the laymen.
He writes with fire, humor, and a deeply human perspective on everything from technology and sex to death, family, and the meaning of life.
Yes, this man’s journey is anything but not boring.
He graduated in philosophy at Trnava University. He serves as the President of the Ladislav Hanus Fellowship and co-organizes the Bratislava / Košice Hanus days festival. He is the editor-in-chief of Verbum, a magazine for contemporary Christian culture. He also works as a script editor for the RTVS discussion program Do kríža and is also involved in civic activities, especially in the field of pro-life.
Samuel Trizuljak studied political science and history at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Heidelberg. His interest in the history of Catholic thought is further developed as a PhD student at Charles University in Prague. As a lecturer he cooperates with the Ladislav Hanus Society and the Anton Neuwirth College. As a speechwriter, he has worked for several politicians, most recently for the Minister of Defence Jaroslav Naď. His book At Height to Depth: 33 Advice to Faithful Students in Bratislava, Oxford or elsewhere was published in September 2021.