Advent Mission with Ryan O'Hara
Sun, Nov 30
|Church
Time & Location
Nov 30, 2025, 6:00 PM – Dec 01, 2025, 6:00 PM
Church
About the event
Join us this Advent for Burning Brightly, a two-night parish mission designed to renew your faith and prepare your heart for Christ’s coming. Through engaging talks, reflection, and prayer, we’ll explore how to keep our spiritual lamps burning and live as lights in the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to rekindle your relationship with God and be strengthened in your call to shine His light.
Night 1: Sunday, November 30th | 6 PM
Focus: The parable of the ten virgins, readiness for Christ’s return, and spiritual renewal in our everyday lives.
Night 2: Monday, December 1 | 6 PM
Focus: Mission and witness, reflecting Christ’s light in our daily lives, and living a life that shines in the darkness.
*Normal Sunday 6 PM evening Mass will be moved to 5 PM on Sunday, November 30th so the mission can start at 6 PM.
ABOUT RYAN O'HARA
With 25+ years of ministry experience, Ryan O’Hara continues to serve the Church across the country through speaking, consulting, and podcasting. A trusted and sought after teacher he has spoken at FOCUS’ annual SEEK Conference, been featured as an expert on evangelization with Revive Parishes, served as a guest on Ascension’s popular Bible Timeline Show, and written for a variety of Catholic publications on foster care and adoption. Through Better Preach, his weekly podcast on developing and delivering great Catholic talks, he has interviewed many of the strongest speakers and leaders in the Church today and provides innovation and inspiration for the renewal of preaching in the Church today. Ryan is passionate about seeing Catholics center their lives on Jesus Christ and become disciples who generously live and share their faith with others. He has a B.A. in History from William Jewell College and an M.A. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. Ryan and his wife Jill live in West St Paul, MN, and are parents to four teenage and young adult sons.