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.
Fr. John Riccardo has hosted 118 Episodes.
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Episode 10: Getting a New Address
March 29th, 2023 | 4 mins 45 secs
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Few things can compare for me with baptizing an adult. Most of us standing in the font on that wondrous night are filled with a holy jealousy, as we watch men and women walk into the water one way and leave another.
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Episode 9: The Mission and Task of Fatherhood
March 22nd, 2023 | 5 mins 12 secs
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It’s often said about parents that they’re only as happy as their least happy child. I have always admired this about the moms and dads I know. There is no time off, or away from, their children – no matter how old they are. Indeed, their hearts ache for their children.
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Episode 8: Taking Back Ground in Our Own Lives for the Kingdom
March 15th, 2023 | 4 mins 23 secs
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A Jewish son, heir to his father’s significant wealth, runs out of that wealth and then hires himself out – sells himself to another – to feed … pigs. Pigs! A Jewish man enslaves himself to feed an unclean animal that he himself cannot eat. This is a truly pathetic state.
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Episode 7: The New Moses
March 8th, 2023 | 6 mins 33 secs
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On Calvary, just as at the Red Sea, God was fighting.
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Episode 6: Here
March 1st, 2023 | 5 mins 34 secs
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Fr. John shares how pilgrimage highlights the reality of the Incarnation, and why here matters.
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Episode 5: This is Serious
February 22nd, 2023 | 5 mins 10 secs
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Fr. John reflects on the challenge and the call to forgive others even - or especially - when we have been hurt deeply.
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Episode 4: Eating Well for Lent
February 15th, 2023 | 4 mins 26 secs
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Fr. John Riccardo shares rich fare for the upcoming Lenten season
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Episode 3: Oh, for a Great Soul!
February 8th, 2023 | 4 mins 18 secs
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Fr. John reflects on magnanimity which is the great call for every disciple of Jesus.
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Episode 2: Getting Ready for Lent
February 1st, 2023 | 4 mins 18 secs
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Fr. John reflects on a prayerful discernment approach to getting ready for Lent.
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Episode 1: Did Paul Have a Staff?
January 25th, 2023 | 6 mins 8 secs
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There are many components to this “Pauline vision” of priesthood, but on this feast Fr. John Riccardo reflects on how he thought of those on mission with him.