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This week’s Journey Home episode was a fascinating conversation with Margaret and David Bereit. David co-founded 40 Days for Life, and entered the Catholic Church this Easter.
We shared a new Signposts video with Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble, who was raised Catholic, became an atheist, and came back to faith and eventually joined the Daughters of St. Paul.
Charlie Johnston wrote about his first experience in the confessional as a new convert to the Catholic faith.
We held another Live Stream discussion on our YouTube channel, with converts from the CHNetwork staff sharing what they thought of nuns and monks before becoming Catholic.
We began publishing a new online article series from Charles Hoffman, who shares his perspective on the Mass as a Jewish convert.
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Meanwhile, around the web…
CONVERTS AND CONVERSION
David Mills shared GK Chesterton’s 3 signs that your friend might become Catholic. Meanwhile, there’s more information about the potential sainthood causes of Chesterton and Tolkien.
Former Major League Baseball player Darrell Miller shared what led him to the Catholic Church.
And Catholic World Report shared the story of how questions from an agnostic friend led one man to the priesthood.
ECUMENICAL/INTERFAITH NEWS
The patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church has urged US Christians to remember and support their brothers and sisters in the Near East.
Christians and Muslims have gotten together to save one of the world’s oldest Churches in Iraq. Meanwhile, Catholics and Anglicans have worked together to stop the destruction of a Palestinian village.
The Catholic Herald reported on the Greyfriars returning to Walsingham for the first time since the Reformation.
APOLOGETICS PICKS OF THE WEEK
A new book shows how to pray the Hail Mary in 150 different languages.
And Fr. Michael Nixon addressed the common accusation that Catholics don’t read the Bible.
AND A FASCINATING WINDOW INTO HISTORY…
New Liturgical Movement posted pictures of a World War I chaplain’s Mass kit – take a look!
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A cradle Catholic feeling drawn back to the Church and wondering what to do next, a journeyer struggling with same sex attraction and transgender issues, and a member who feels overwhelmed by all the things she’s learning about the Church – these are just a few examples of the people we are praying for and working with this month at The Coming Home Network International. Please help us continue to support those on the journey by visiting chnetwork.org/donate today!
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“Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven.”
St. Camillus de Lillis
Feast Day: July 17
