March 11, 2026

By Darcy Fargo
Editor

While he’ll be sharing his love of the Eucharist with the Diocese of Ogdensburg as part of the Highway to Heaven event on May 16, Father Jonathan Meyer has also been sharing that love throughout his priesthood, serving as a national preacher for the Eucharistic revival and creating content for YouTube.

“I was ordained a priest to evangelize the world,” Father Meyer said. “That’s what I want to do. And I can’t expect people to come to me. I have to go to them where they are.”

It was that desire that led Father Meyer, pastor of All Saints Parish in Guilford, Indiana, to begin creating content for YouTube.

“When COVID 19 came along, I wanted to continue reaching God’s people,” he said. “I realized the easiest way to do that was to use YouTube. We went on three times a day – two online Holy Hours and a Mass every day. From that, I also started extracting the homilies I preached and posting those online. I started doing daily devotional videos for Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter, and I started getting a bit of a following.”

While he’s also featured in content produced by Dynamic Catholic and other entities, Father Meyer’s content can largely be found on https://www.youtube.com/@allparish.

Father Meyer said producing the content has enabled him to walk with others on the path to Jesus.

“It’s like daily coaching,” he said. “I could give a really big parish mission or one amazing 45-minute talk, or I can walk daily with someone and give them three to five minutes of spiritual encouragement every day. I truly believe it’s been very, very effective. I love the fact that it’s consistently bombarding people with truth, goodness and beauty. I love going out to the periphery – the edges of society – and not waiting for people to come to us. (Being on YouTube) allows for that. It’s meeting people where they are.”

Father Meyer will share the truth, goodness and beauty of the Eucharist here in the North Country as keynote speaker at Highway to Heaven.

“I’m a classmate and good friend of Father Bryan Stitt,” he said. “And the movie ‘Miracle’ (about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team) is my favorite movie ever. I love the opportunity to come to the North Country! And I’m excited to talk about the Eucharist. I think – to some people – that sounds really, really boring. But it’s the most revolutionary way to reorder and structure your life to find more enduring joy. I want to tell people that the way they live their lives with the Lord can be transformative and life-giving. Every young person, every elderly person and everyone in between should want to come.”

Father Meyer plans to include discussion of the Stations of the Eucharist, developed as part of the Eucharistic Revival.

“It’s a new devotion I’m working and collaborating on,” he said. “It’s a biblical walk from Genesis to Revelation. It’s how God wants to transform our lives through the mystery of the Eucharist.”

A seasoned youth minister and public high school cross country and track coach, Father Meyer said the presentation includes practical information meant to help people grow in relationship with Christ.

“Where I begin or where I presume people are beginning is a place of confusion or frustration of faith, luke-warmness of faith,” he said. “That’s where I started. And that’s where I come from when I speak to people and present to people. I’m not very smart. I’m the opposite of a Bishop Barron or a Father Stitt. I’m trying to figure it all out.”

To register for Highway to Heaven, visit rcdony.org/h2h.

Capacity is limited, and those who would like to attend are encouraged to register early.