FR. JOHN RICCARDO, missionary and ACTS XXIX Executive Director. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1996. In 2019, after 23 years in parish ministry, he founded Acts XXIX to proclaim the gospel in an attractive and compelling way and to equip clergy and lay leaders for the age in which God has chosen us to live. Fr. John is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Gregorian University, and the Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family.
Father John Riccardo has hosted 307 Episodes.
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Episode 296: Our Homes: Where the World Meets the Church
August 26th, 2024 | 31 mins 50 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary return to their regular format of breaking open the First Reading for Mass this upcoming Sunday and discuss opportunities to make our homes places where the world meets the Church.
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Episode 295: What Territory Are You Asking Me to Take Back, Lord? - Part 4 of 4
August 19th, 2024 | 38 mins 39 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary conclude their four-part series and discuss a fourth critical question to take to prayer in order to be every freer for the mission God wants to work in and through us.
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Episode 294: Eavesdropping on the Enemy’s Strategy - Part 3 of 4
August 12th, 2024 | 32 mins 53 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open part three of a four part series and discuss a third crucial question to bring to prayer in order to be ever freer for the mission God wants to work in and through us.
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Episode 293: A Visit to the Divine Physician - Part 2 of 4
August 5th, 2024 | 40 mins 57 secs
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In this episode Fr. John and Mary break open part two of a four part series on specific questions to take to prayer in order to be freer for the mission God wants to work in and through us.
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Episode 292: Lord, Who Do You Say That I Am? - Part 1 of 4
July 29th, 2024 | 35 mins 3 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary begin another series of four prayer conversations between ourselves and the Most Holy Trinity, all geared towards our ever greater freedom for the mission Jesus wants to work in and through us.
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Episode 291: Praying With The Mindset of a General
July 22nd, 2024 | 28 mins 55 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary conclude their four-part series on changing the way we make decisions and break open how to pray with the mindset of a general in order to prayerfully discern what most needs to happen now.
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Episode 290: Praying With the Mindset of a Spy
July 15th, 2024 | 34 mins 31 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary resume their series on four spiritual conversations to have with the Lord so as to forever change the way we make decisions in our marriages, parishes, schools, dioceses and more. This week focuses on the sobering reality that “the enemy gets a vote.”
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Episode 288: What Is Our Biggest Wound, Lord?
June 24th, 2024 | 21 mins 32 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue with their series on forever changing the way we make decisions, this week bringing to the Divine Physician, “What is our biggest wound?”
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Episode 287: Praying with the Mindset of a Steward (Full Episode Rerelease)
June 18th, 2024 | 29 mins 28 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this episode, the second in a series on discerning God’s plans, Fr. John and Mary discuss how to pray with “the mindset of a steward,” in order to discern God’s plans for our marriages, families, parishes, schools, and more.
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Episode 285: The Answer to the Question
June 10th, 2024 | 34 mins 15 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary take a break from their regular format of breaking open the Word of God and start a summertime series that will change forever the way we make decisions.
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Episode 284: Who Wrote the First Gospel
June 3rd, 2024 | 31 mins 13 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open the worst day in human history and why it is that God's response to this should fill us with great hope.
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Episode 283: O Mad Lover!
May 27th, 2024 | 25 mins 48 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary consider how Jesus on the cross fulfills the startling promises of the covenant made in the Old Testament.