Richard L. Lane

Bio

Born in Detroit, Michigan to Mary O. Alexander, retired Educator for the Highland Park School system and the Late Dick "Night Train" Lane; National Football League Hall of Fame Cornerback, Mr. Lane, Jr. attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and also served honorably for nearly six years in the United States Army Military Police Corps in numerous domestic and international locations.

As a convert to the Faith in April 19, 2003, it was in early 2005 when Mr. Lane was lead to begin proclaiming the Gospel as a Street Corner Evangelist, sharing the Word of God, passing out Bibles, Crosses and other Religious items. Since that time Mr. Lane has been featured on "Catholic Answers Live", Ave Maria Radio, Relevant Radio, Our Sunday Visitor, the National Catholic Reporter, Sports Review Magazine, as well as Eternal Word Television Network's (EWTN) the "Journey Home" with Marcus Grodi and is the Co-Founder of Catholic Men for Christ Men's Conference in St. Louis, Missouri which continues to draw thousands of men each year to hear the Powerful Message of the Gospel.

Mr. Lane is one of the only African-American Catholic's in the United States on Catholic Radio, and is the Producer and Co-Host of Covenant Radio Network's "Evangelizing St. Louis" weekly radio show since 2006.

Being one of the most sought after Catholic Speakers in the United States Mr. Lane continues to evolve bringing the Fire of the Holy Spirit with him in all of his talks and Engagements not only to Catholic Churches, but also being invited to speak and preach in numerous Baptist, Methodist and Inter/Non-Denomination churches across the Country bringing True Witness of Christ in an ecumenical role.

In FULL TIME ministry, Mr. Lane is truly on the rise as one of the most dynamic Catholic Speakers and Revivalists around, conducting Parish Missions and Revivals across the Nation "Preaching, Teaching and Sharing the Word of God" in the TRUEST spirit of ecumenism, focusing on the importance of Evangelization and ministering to thousands who are lost and in search of something greater than themselves; Jesus Christ!

Speaking Topics

  • "Traditio Evangelii" The Proclamation and handing on of the Gospel - This talk explains in depth, what Evangelization is, why we as Catholics are CALLED to evangelize and how we begin. It addresses our fears as Catholics about the "E-word" and learns to embrace it and know that we have been Evangelizing from the very beginning of our Church.
  • My Story, Your Story, His-Story - Conversion story of Catholic Evangelist Richard Lane (Talk available for purchase on CD) Evangelization begins with a Story... this talk encourages and teaches others to tell their stories when evangelizing and then tell His Story; The Story of the Savior of the world.
  • "Caritas in Veritate" Charity in Truth (Encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI) - This talk is only a small glimpse of what is the beauty of His Holiness Benedict XVI's Encyclical, to which the Holy Father dwells upon two "criteria that govern moral action" in the Post Millennial Era of doing Business; "Justice and the common good." This is an excellent talk for Business Clubs and Organizations with specifics on how to understand your Vocation in the Business world and conducting such with Charity, Truth and Morals in this Millennium.
  • Get Out of the Boat - So many of us in our daily family lives face storm after storm after storm and we donŐt know how to handle them. We fail to realize that Christ told Peter to "Come" and Peter at least had the Faith to step out of the boat. This talk encourages and teaches us to "get out of the boat" on a daily basis by having Faith in Christ for ourselves and our families.
  • God's OPEN Door - This moving talk especially speaks about all of the many blessings God has given us not only for our families, but individually. He has set before us and "Open Door"; all we have to do is walk through that door with Faith.
  • Are You Fully Committed? - What are you truly Committed to; Family, Work, Fun, Porn, Alcohol, or God? God wants our FULL Commitment on Him and nothing else. This talk with allow you to really see what it is that you are committed to each day, and enable to you, through an evaluation of conscience to prioritize your True Commitments, each day.
  • Do You Know What You Have? - Coming from the point of a Convert, one who was lost to the truth and searched for it for 19 years and came into the fullness of the Catholic Church, we ask: do we as Catholics, especially cradle Catholics, REALLY understand what we have in the True Church, do we take it for granted and not receive God's Healing power in the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Confession? Don't take what we have for granted!
  • If I Gave You a Priceless Treasure Would You Go Get It? - While preaching on the street corner a homeless woman was helping me pass out bibles and we had two left; the homeless woman approached a young lady and said "If I had a Priceless Treasure, would you want to go get it?" We have a Treasure in our own families, but especially in His Word. Are we sharing this Treasure with others?
  • Did You Put On Your Armor Today? - God provides us with His Armor to thwart the Evils of each day. How much do we use His Armor to defeat what the evil one throws at our daily family lives? We MUST put on the FULL Armor of God each day.
  • Abortion in the Black Community
  • Embryonic Stem Cell Research - The Tuskegee Experiment Vs. Embryonic Stem Cell Research, What is the Difference?