Fr. John Bartunek, LC, S.Th.D, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college, he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and baseball coach. He then spent a year as a professional actor in Chicago before entering the religious Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ in 1993. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003 and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010.
He provided spiritual support on the set of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ while researching the 2005 Catholic best seller, Inside the Passion, the only authorized, behind-the-scenes explanation of the film. Fr. John has contributed news commentary regarding religious issues on NBC, CNN, Fox, and the BBC. He also served as the English-language press liaison for the Vatican’s 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist.
His most widely known books are The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer and 60 Days to Becoming a Missionary Disciple.
His most recent book is Spiritual But Not Religious: The Search for Meaning in a Material World.
Fr. John resides in Atlanta and serves as Territorial Vicar for the Legionaries of Christ.
Day 18 Hungering for God’s Will Yes, discovering Christ is the finest adventure of your life. But it is not enough to discover Him just once. Discovering Him becomes an
Day 17 A Profile of Virtue [St. Paul] is concerned with the morally good or bad works, or better the permanent dispositions — virtues and vices — which are the
Day 16 The Path of Life Where can you turn to find answers that satisfy, answers that will last? The opposite of deception is truth — the person who tells
Day 15 Persevering At no stage of life can people feel so secure and committed that they do not need to give careful attention to ensuring perseverance in faithfulness; just
Day 14 Building Well Revelation teaches that the power to decide what is good and what is evil does not belong to man, but to God alone. Man is certainly
Day 13 The Strength to Decide Called to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, “the true light that enlightens everyone” (John 1:9), people become “light in the Lord” and “children
Day 12 Where to Seek the Truth The Church wishes to serve this single end: that each person may be able to find Christ, in order that Christ may walk
Day 11 Following the Light My special hope for you is this: that you will always have a great love for truth — the truth about God, the truth about
Day 10 Understanding Emotions You live with great hopes, with so many fine plans for the future. But do not forget that the true fullness of life is to be
Alex Kucera has lived in Atlanta, GA, for the last 46 years. He is one of 9 children, married to his wife Karmen, and has 3 girls, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way. Alex joined Regnum Christi in 2007. Out of the gate, he joined the Helping Hands Medical Missions apostolate and is still participating today with the Ghana Friendship Mission.
In 2009, Alex was asked to be the Atlanta RC Renewal Coordinator for the Atlanta Locality to help the RC members with the RC renewal process. Alex became a Group Leader in 2012 for four of the Atlanta Men’s Section Teams and continues today. Running in parallel, in 2013, Alex became a Team Leader and shepherded a large team of good men.
Alex was honored to be the Atlanta Mission Coordinator between 2010 to 2022 (12 years), coordinating 5-8 Holy Week Mission teams across Georgia. He also created and coordinated missions at a parish in Athens, GA, for 9 years. Alex continues to coordinate Holy Week Missions, Advent Missions, and Monthly missions at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cumming, GA.
From 2016 to 2022, Alex also served as the Men’s Section Assistant in Atlanta. He loved working with the Men’s Section Director, the Legionaries, Consecrated, and Women’s Section leadership teams.
Alex is exceptionally grateful to the Legionaries, Consecrated, and many RC members who he’s journeyed shoulder to shoulder, growing his relationship with Christ and others along the way. He knows that there is only one way, that’s Christ’s Way, with others!
