“Catholic Central” offers entertaining and authoritative answers to your questions about Catholic thought, spirituality and practice. To do that, we’ve assembled a team of witty writers, appealing hosts and learned theologians to produce a collection of videos that entertain, enlighten and inspire. Catholic Central is a project of Family Theater Productions based on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Actor/writer Johnson rediscovered the Faith while earning BFA in acting from the University of Minnesota in Duluth. In Los Angeles, he’s done sketch comedy and appeared in such TV shows as “Vampire Diaries” and “Sleepy Hollow,” along with roles in films and online series. An elite obstacle racer, he didn’t quite make it onto television for NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior,” but he did appear on screen in, and come within a whisker of winning, the premiere episode of NBC’s “Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge.”
An actress, producer and writer, Slater earned a Bachelor’s degree in theater and dance from Minnesota State University at Mankato, and a Masters degree in film production from Saint John Paul the Great Catholic University in San Diego, California. Also a talented singer and dancer, Slater has completed a Spartan Race, and uses the pain from that – along with large helpings of coffee and prayer – to help her get over missing Minnesota.