Fr. John Riccardo's Podcasts
Fr. John Riccardo
Selected homilies, presentations, and talks of Fr. John Riccardo, Pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Plymouth, Michigan.
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Dec 9, 2012 • 42min
RCIA Session 7-Scripture and Tradition
During the 2011-2012 instructional season, several Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) sessions at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church were recorded by Mr. Henry Root of Revelant Redundancy Recordings. These recordings will be published here for archival and educational purposes.
Dec 9, 2012 • 1h 7min
RCIA Session 5-The Holy Spirit
During the 2011-2012 instructional season, several Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) sessions at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church were recorded by Mr. Henry Root of Revelant Redundancy Recordings. These recordings will be published here for archival and educational purposes.
Dec 9, 2012 • 1h 20min
RCIA Session 4-The Father
During the 2011-2012 instructional season, several Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) sessions at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church were recorded by Mr. Henry Root of Revelant Redundancy Recordings. These recordings will be published here for archival and educational purposes.
Dec 9, 2012 • 1h 35min
RCIA Session 3-Jesus
During the 2011-2012 instructional season, several Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) sessions at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church were recorded by Mr. Henry Root of Revelant Redundancy Recordings. These recordings will be published here for archival and educational purposes.
Dec 2, 2012 • 1h 43min
Church Expansion Meeting
On November 30th, Our Lady of Good Counsel hosted a town hall meeting to present plans for an expansion project at the church. This podcast contains the audio recorded at that event. The podcast is approximately 1:43 minutes in length. A question and answer session starts at about the 1:17 mark in the timeline.
Dec 1, 2012 • 13min
December 1, 2012-4 PM Mass at OLGC
Fr. Riccardo discusses death in this homily for the first Sunday of Advent. Fr. John is focusing his homilies for the Advent season on the Catholic Church's teachings on the last things: death, judgment, heaven, hell and purgatory.
Nov 29, 2012 • 1h 31min
What About Them: Are They Going to Heaven Too?
This year the Church celebrates the Year of Faith, giving us the opportunity to answer the question Jesus asks each of us, “Who do you say that I am?” Fr. Riccardo concludes the three-part series on Vatican II with this talk from November 28th titled What About Them: Are They Going to Heaven Too?. The handouts from this session are available here.
Nov 25, 2012 • 53min
Memorial Mass for Prenatal and Stillborn Loss
On November 20th, Fr. Riccardo presided at a memorial Mass for parents who have experienced the painful loss of a young child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or other traumatic events. This is a podcast of the audio from that Mass with minimal edits. It is presented here in an effort to offer consolation to parents everywhere who have experienced such a loss, with our prayer that Our Lady of Good Counsel will comfort you in your sorrow. The parish community thanks vocalist Matt Greenough and our music directory, Matthew Samelak, for their assistance with this liturgy.
Nov 25, 2012 • 15min
November 25, 2012-The Feast of Christ the King
Fr. Riccardo reflects on judgment day in this homily from the 10 AM Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church.
Nov 8, 2012 • 1h 10min
Year of Faith-Where Do We Go From Here as a People of God?
This year the Church celebrates the Year of Faith, giving us the opportunity to answer the question Jesus asks each of us, “Who do you say that I am?” Fr. Steve Mateja discusses the November election with this talk on Where Do We Go From Here as a People of God?
