Pilate said to Him, “So you are a King?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth.…
By Jack Rigert, Director of John Paul II Renewal Center
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.…
By Father Ryan Browning
There are temptations that assail me all of the time; I feel like giving up. I’m never going to escape their grip. Have you ever had thoughts such as these as you try to live out the faith?…
UPCOMING EVENTS! Please join us!
Father Kyle Manno and Jack Rigert, Director of the John Paul ll Renewal Center, Tuesday, November 14th from 7 to 8:30 PM at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church at 8S055 Dugan Road, Sugar Grove, Illinois!
Father Ryan Browning and Jack Rigert, Director of the John Paul ll Renewal Center, Wednesday, November 15th from 7 to 8:30 PM at St.…
By: Jack Rigert, Director of John Paul II Renewal Center
Both of my Grandfathers, one Swiss and one Danish, as well as my Dad and Mom were Professional Chefs, and as a young man, I followed in their footsteps. For me, designing, building and operating Restaurants was in my blood, and I was pretty good at it.…
The morning session had gone well, the first of four the JPll Renewal Center was scheduled to give at an all-day retreat for a Catholic High School. As I headed down the hallway to a small-group break out room with a dozen sixteen year old boys I made small talk by asking them if they had one memory that stood out thus far in High School.…
More than 36 percent of teenaged girls in America are depressed or have suffered a recent major depressive episode, according to a study published in Translational Psychiatry. For boys, the rate is 13.6 percent. What are we doing to the kids?…
When I first heard about Netflix’s controversial new show 13 Reasons Why, the charge that it glorified suicide and encouraged copycat behavior was enough for me not to want to watch it. Then my brother, whose judgment I trust, urged me to watch it because of how insightfully it portrayed the lives of most modern teenagers.…
