Who Is Rocco?

• “INTENSITY and passion at its finest for God.”

• “I thought the presentation was very powerful. I have never seen such devotion, such passion. I had chills listening to his speech.”

• “It was amazing. Rocco is a great speaker and I could have listened to him for a long time.”

• “I thought that it was great. Rocco Fortunato is the man.”

• “I thought he was very good, and inspirational…he is good for teenagers.”

• “It was very intense.”

• “I thought the speaker was very inspirational.”

• “It was interesting, very intense and not what I was expecting.”

• “AMAZING. Great speaker. I got chills.”

• “He was intensely religious. It was a good experience.”

• “I think Rocco taught our class very much about the Christian faith. He is full of religious
knowledge and he should definitely return and speak to us again.”

• “I thought he was very powerful and passionate about what he was trying to explain about how important it is to give God’s love back to Him.”

• “I thought he was a very powerful speaker and that I learned a lot about God’s love and theology.”

• “He was very enthusiastic and powerfully speaking.”

• “I thought he was very sincere about his faith and he was very radical about it.”

• “I thought the content of the presentation was very interesting. I thought it was very insightful and helped me understand what the love of God truly is.”

• “He was awesome.”

• “I thought he was a great speaker and very informative…I really liked him.”

• “I thought he really loved the Christian faith.”

• “I enjoyed Rocco Fortunato’s presentation tremendously. I realized how much God’s love means & how to live a right Catholic way. He was so inspirational & I found out myself through his presentation.”

• “Above all else, I was fascinated by Rocco Fortunato’s reverence & devotion to Our Lord. His faith in what he said was far more believable than that of other preachers.”

• “His speaking was the best and his story.”

• “The most important part was the prayer. It was meaningful and everyone participated. Sometimes at school, during class and at Mass, people don’t participate.”

• “God is love.”

• “The gift that he gave us at the end. I wear mine.” (Referring to the Brown Scapular)

• “Most important was that God’s always there to accept your love, he’ll always love you no matter what. I liked that he really stressed this issue.”

• “I liked when he talked about his experience in Confession when the priest explained Confession. Chills again.”

• “Praying with him; he was passionate.”

• “The best part was praying in the presence of the Blessed Mother. It was a calm and peaceful prayer which helped me relax.” (It was May, the month of Mary, and I found a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Grace behind a curtain in an alcove in the Chapel. After receiving permission from legitimate authority, I moved Our Lady to the side of the tabernacle and had the youth join me in kneeling down and praying to Her.)

• “The most important point was knowing that God loves each and everyone one of us so much. He outpours His love to us.”

• “Best part – talking about God’s love being so incomprehensible and how He loves us no matter what, even if we’re sinners.”

• “That he truly believed the love of God.”

• “When he talked about how God loves you no matter what you have done.”

• “Everything!”

• “The most important point was how anyone can be forgiven, no matter what.”

• “I really enjoyed his talk about love. This seemed the most important point.”

• “What I liked best was everything.”

• “Most inspirational part was when he talked about his conversion. Would’ve liked to hear more about that.”

• “God loves us.”

• “The best part/most important point was that God loves everyone equally all at the same time.”

• “Whole thing.”

• “I loved his enthusiasm about the Lord & his faith.”

• “The presentation was interesting and inspiring. I liked when he passed out the scaldions.” (Brown Scapulars)

• “I liked how he was passionate and tried to convey his beliefs on us.”

• “How he talked and how he involved us in the presentation.”

• “I liked it best when he talked about how we know as Christians why we are here and what we’re supposed to do.”

• “I liked how serious and passionate.”

• “Liked everything.”

• “I liked that he was extremely enthusiastic about the Faith.”

• “He was very intense. Full of information”

• “We touched on some unique topics. I thought that some of the things he said and did were different and special.”

• “I like the intensity you had about your faith the most.”

• “That he called everyone ‘brothers’; kind of neat.”

• “Absolutely” (Underlined 3 times)

• “Yes. I think a whole school assembly with him for at least 2 hours.”

• “Yes. I hope we have him again.”

• “Yes, he should come talk to the whole school in an assembly.”

• “Yes I would. He was a great speaker.”

• “Yes I would recommend this talk to everyone.”

• “Yes, if they can withstand his craziness. His craziness for Jesus.”

• “Yes.” (9 students wrote this same answer.)

• “I would recommend him to anybody.”

• “I would recommend him to others.”

• “Yes because I actually paid attention.”

• “Yea Boi!”

• “Yes, if they need someone to get them going about their faith.”

• “I would recommend him!!”

• “I recommend this talk to everyone, especially those who are in question of their faith.”

• “I would recommend him to everyone.”

• “Yes. I would recommend the talk.”

• “I would certainly recommend it to other people.”

• “I would recommend this talk to someone because all points discussed could be somewhat universal.”