Who is JOHN?

John The Retreat Guy

Catholic Evangelist – Motivational Speaker – Youth Minister – Parish Ministries Consultant

John Mancuso is a dynamic Youth Minister, Catholic Motivational Speaker, and Retreat

Leader. He has been evangelizing and leading retreats nationally for the past twenty-two

years. His ministry has led him to work with celebrities, NFL Players, and MLB players,

John has had the opportunity to bring the message of the Gospel to inner city teens across

the country.

Currently, John serves as a teacher and Director of Student Life at St. Peter’s Boys High

School on Staten Island. In addition, he also serves as the Director of Development and

Ministries at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Brooklyn, New York.

John provides workshops, retreats, conferences, and talks that everyone can relate to no

matter their state in life. John’s high-energy, life experiences, and vast knowledge of the

Catholic faith helps to create an experience that will be fun, prayerful, and thought

provoking. John engages his audience and gets them actively involved in the retreat

through games, stories, multimedia, and music. You never quite know what John will come

up with! John has worked with tens of thousands of pre-teens, teens, parishes, teachers,

clergy, and young adults! In addition to his retreat work John also consults parishes on

parish life advancement, marketing, evangelization, fundraising and parish ministry

programs.

John holds an associate degree in Philosophy from Seton Hall University, Bachelor of

Science Degree in Public Affairs from Empire State College, and a master’s degree in

Systematic Theology from Seton Hall University.