His profound personal conversion to Christ and reversion to the Catholic Church is told in the best-selling anthology Surprised By Truth.
[2] In 1997 Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan recruited him to launch the media apostolate, Ave Maria Communications.
Over the years, Kresta engaged in vigorous discussions and debates with many nationally known figures from politics, the arts, the Church, academia, and business.
His radio work has received mention by the Associated Press, The Washington Times, National Catholic Reporter, Our Sunday Visitor, Envoy, Christianity Today, and numerous metropolitan newspapers.
Kresta's life and spiritual journey took on a new dimension in February 2003, when he lost his left leg to necrotizing fasciitis, an infection often referred to as the "flesh-eating bacteria."
Al Kresta made his Perpetual Profession as a Lay Dominican, alongside his wife Sally, in 2017 and belonged to the Bl.