Welcome!

Glad you stopped by. You have a lot of choices when you internet, thanks for choosing this neck 'o' the woods. 

With 25+ years of ministry experience with college students and young adults, 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.

Most Popular Posts

• The Gift of Chaos: On the Call to be Foster and Adoptive Parents

• Are We Ready for the End of Roe v. Wade? (VIDEO and BACKSTORY)

• Hey Catholics! Three Things that Must Change If We are Gonna Share Our Faith

• Am I a Full-Time Missionary or Just a Professional Christian?

• Only Thing Parents Can (and Must) Control

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And if somehow you made it all the way down here

• I once beat an NBA basketball player (Craig Ehlo) in a 3 point shooting contest, while wearing Birkenstocks.

• I went an entire Little League baseball season without swinging the bat. I got walked a lot, which was nice. (below)

• I rebounded from that debacle and later married a Ninja warrior (otherwise known as Jill.) For real, you can read about her here.

• My wife Jill and I have owned four different mini-vans. (A 1996 Ford Windstar, 1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette, and two Kia Sedonas)

• Speaking of vehicles both my dad and Jill’s dad, on separate occasions, had the front of their vehicles sheered off by a locomotive, while they were still inside the vehicles. They both walked away with only minor bumps and bruises. How ‘bout them apples? (below)

• I have worked for 25+ years in ministry with college students and young adults, most recently (until Fall 2023) with Saint Paul’s Outreach...because Jesus changed my life in college, gave me a lifelong mission to tell young adults all about Him, and to do so, gladly, as a Roman Catholic.

• Jill and I are the proud parents of four sons which have been an incredible gift to us and to all who know them.

• Oh yeah, one more thing. I really like to breakdance. Not so much floor moves and headspins, mostly poppin’ and lockin’.

Thanks for stopping by!  

- Ryan