Rev. Francis J. Hoffman (Fr. Rocky) has been serving as CEO of Relevant Radio since 2010 and Chairman since 2021.

Ordained as a priest for Opus Dei in 1992, Fr. Rocky is a noted author and speaker and has appeared on many major radio and television networks. His "Eucharistic Encounters", "Lenten Lessons on the Mass", and "Catholic 101" videos have been viewed millions of times. He is the host of the Family Rosary Across America, which gathers tens of thousands of the faithful each evening to pray the rosary. It is known as the "happiest half hour of the day."

Fr. Rocky serves on the board of the Walk to Mary (Green Bay), the National Eucharistic Revival (Washington, DC), and as an advisor to Aquinas Academy (Pittsburgh).

The oldest of eight children, Monsignor Shea grew up near Hazelton, North Dakota, just 38 miles from the University of Mary’s main campus. He entered the seminary for the Diocese of Bismarck, earning a bachelor’s degree and a pontifical master’s degree (licentiate) in philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Monsignor Shea served with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity at the Gift of Peace AIDS Hospice while teaching religion at two inner-city schools in Washington, D.C. In Rome, he served as chaplain for the Bambino Gesù (Bam-bee-no Jay-soo) Children’s Hospital and at the Rome campus of the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of Saint Thomas.

Monsignor Shea serves on the Boards of Directors for Relevant Radio, Saint John Vianney Seminary in Denver, the Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities, and the Northern Sun Conference of the NCAA. He served as chairman of the Catholic Identity Committee on the Board of Directors for FOCUS: the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, and he is a Knight Commander of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.