Catholics are putting their faith into action every day in the Diocese of Joliet! Listen to their stories and learn how you too can share God's hope in the world around you as a disciple of Jesus.
While our podcast series began as part of our 75th Anniversary Jubilee in 2023, it continues today in support of Bishop Ron Hicks' pastoral letter, MAKE, which serves as an invitation for the people of the Diocese of Joliet to take the next step in their faith journey. Building on Jesus' Great Commission, the letter calls every Catholic to become disciples and to make disciple actively in their community.
Episode 17: What the Saints Can Teach Us About Becoming Disciples of Jesus!
In this episode, Bishop Ron Hicks sits down with Justin Reyes, the Director of Catechesis and Evangelization, to talk about what we can learn from the saints about their path to holiness and how they made and were made into disciples for Jesus Christ. The conversation includes a discussion of St. Oscar Romero, St. Francis Xavier, St. Augustine, St. Monica, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Mother Teresa, and St. Carlo Acutis.
20 Nov 2025
Episode 16: The Five-Step Discipleship Process with Bishop Ron Hicks
In this episode of the Faith Into Action podcast, Bishop Hicks shares the five-step process of being made and of making disciples. This process includes conversion, confession, communion, commission, and prayer. During the conversation with host, Justin Reyes, we also learn about the bishop's own personal experience of becoming a disciple, including the five years he spent serving orphaned children in the country of El Salvador. Learn more and read the bishop's pastoral letter, MAKE, at make...
10 Oct 2025
Episode 15 | Introducing Bishop Hicks' MAKE Pastoral Letter
In this episode, our host, Justin Reyes talks with Bishop Ron Hicks about his new pastoral letter, MAKE. MAKE is a call to action for the people of the Diocese of Joliet to make and be made into disciples for Jesus Christ. In this episode, Bishop Hicks shares his vision of catechesis, evangelization and faith in action and invites listeners to fall deeper in knowing, loving and serving Jesus and helping others to truly encounter and be saved by Him. To learn more about MAKE, visit make....
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