Nick Jorgensen, co-host of "You Were Born for This with Father John Riccardo", is the Associate Director of Parish Renewal for ACTS XXIX and has been involved in evangelization and leadership ministries for over ten years. While completing his undergraduate degree in marketing and management, he worked in youth ministry at the parish level. He then went on to earn his MA in Theology and Christian ministry. While earning this degree, he led men’s ministry as well as a mission trip involving door-to-door, on the street, and inner-city evangelization. He also spent some time working for Lighthouse Catholic Media in order to help develop a door-to-door evangelization program. After completing his MA, he served as the Assistant Director of Evangelization for the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, where he worked to equip parishes in evangelization and leadership. In 2015, Nick and his family moved to the Archdiocese of Detroit where he became the Associate Director of Evangelization. In this role, Nick has developed workshops, training, conferences, and retreats for hospitality, evangelization, formation, and leadership training. Nick has been trained for and successful in coaching leadership teams in organizational health with the goal of building a missionary culture among staff and volunteers throughout all levels of the Church. As part of this coaching effort, Nick trained leaders in the Archdiocese to work with parish leadership teams in their efforts to build a healthy parish culture.
Nick Jorgensen has hosted 52 Episodes.
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Episode 47: Planning for Your New Parish Normal
April 27th, 2020 | 37 mins 56 secs
#godwantshisworldback, #youwerebornforthis, christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
What to Do When Nothing’s Normal?
In this episode, Fr. John, Nick, and Mary speak primarily to pastors about prayerfully discerning creative ways they can pastor their spiritual children as we enter into a new normal for parish life.
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Episode 41: Unprecedented Times, Unprecedented Prayer
April 20th, 2020 | 33 mins 51 secs
#godwantshisworldback, #prayer, #youwerebornforthis, christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
What do we mean by the term “culture of prayer?” There’s never been a more opportune time to learn.
In this episode, Fr. John, Nick, and Mary discuss what it means to create a culture of prayer and offers bishops, priests, and lay leaders practical ideas about how to begin to pray as a team to discern God’s plan for their diocese or parish in these days.
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Episode 35: Easter: Jesus is Risen, There Is Work to Do!
April 13th, 2020 | 42 mins 39 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
What is the message of Easter and what can we do to make it believable in our days as it was in the early Church? The world needs your witness!
In this episode, Fr. John, Nick, and Mary welcome Dcn. Steve Mitchell to the mic as they have a conversation about the life-changing news that is the Resurrection and how we can begin the work of building for the Kingdom of God.
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Episode 29: A Holy Week Unlike Any Other
April 6th, 2020 | 45 mins 25 secs
#godwantshisworldback, #holyweek, #lent, #youwerebornforthis, christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
Looking for some ways to celebrate Holy Week at home? There’s a lot you can do to make the most of these great days.
In this episode, Father John, Nick, and Mary share resources and ways we can celebrate Holy Week in our homes and enter more deeply into the mysteries we're about to celebrate.
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Episode 23: Make Time For Real Conversations
March 30th, 2020 | 40 mins 35 secs
#godwantshisworldback, #youwerebornwiththis, christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
How are you doing in this crisis? There’s never been a more important time to be honest and vulnerable with each other.
In this episode, Fr. John, Nick, and Mary speak honestly about how they’re doing in this pandemic and try to model some conversations we can have in our own lives.
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Episode 17: Response: What Should You Give to Someone Who Rescues You From Death?
March 23rd, 2020 | 33 mins 18 secs
#godwantshisworldback, #youwerebornforthis, christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In today’s podcast, Father John, Nick and Mary discuss what is the appropriate response to all that Jesus has done for us.
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Episode 10: Rescued, Part Two: What Difference Does It Make?
March 16th, 2020 | 39 mins 48 secs
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In this episode, we finish breaking open the third part of kerygma, where we talk about the death and resurrection of Jesus and the difference it makes in our lives.
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Episode 9: Lenten Bonus: Week Two
March 13th, 2020 | 11 mins 19 secs
#godwantshisworldback, #youwerebornforthis, christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, lent, parish renewal, priest
In this bonus podcast, Fr. John speaks a word of hope in these uncertain times.
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Episode 8: Lent, Week One Bonus: An image to consider for the season of Lent.
March 7th, 2020 | 5 mins 10 secs
#godwantshisworldback, #youwerebornforthis, christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this brief reflection, Father John offers us an image to consider praying with to help us in these first days of Lent.
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Episode 7: Rescued, Part One: God’s Shocking and Unexpected Response to Sin
March 6th, 2020 | 38 mins 47 secs
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In this episode, we begin to break open the third part of kerygma, which we entitle, “Rescued: God’s Shocking and Unexpected Response to Sin."
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Episode 6: Lenten Bonus
February 25th, 2020 | 11 mins 5 secs
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Father John prepares us for Lent by inviting us to answer six crucial questions to take to prayer.
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Episode 5: Captured: What the Hell Happened?
February 13th, 2020 | 39 mins 6 secs
#godwantshisworldback, #youwerebornforthis, christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this episode, we begin to break open the second part of kerygma, which we simply entitle, ‘captured’ or more directly, ‘what the hell happened’ and we mean it. This is what we might call the bad news without which the gospel seems to be just news and not good news. But because the bad news is so bad, the gospel is indeed extraordinary news. #YouWereBornForThis, #GodWantsHisWorldBack