After a heart-wrenching encounter with a priest, devout Catholic Paul Lambert fell into a deep depression of sin, alcoholism, and godlessness. After incarceration and much suffering, he discovered the wound he had kept from the Lord and made his way into full communion with the Church of his youth.
Steven Lawson, son of Catholic parents, grew up in Buffalo, NY. A regular attender of weekly mass and youth group events, Steven began to have questions about his faith. His
Brian Nelson’s passion is music. It is interwoven in his life’s story and in his conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism. Originally a performance major at the University, Brian switched to
In my youth, my whole family was actively involved in many aspects of the United Church of Canada in Calgary, Alberta and in Montreal, Quebec. They were good and creative years. My call to ministry came while serving as a counselor for a church camp outside Montreal. One beautiful summer morning, the sun was dancing off the water and a gentle breeze was blowing.
Jeff was a Unitarian, Grace Brethren, Methodist, and Lutheran before he converted to Catholic. He discusses with Marcus what influenced his decision.
Marcus welcomes Fr. David Poecking to the program. Growing up in Buffalo, NY, Fr. David was baptized and confirmed in the church of his family, Presbyterian. While in the fourth
http://www.drawntolifeministries.com Leighton Drake grew up, first in Oklahoma, then Phoenix after age nine, in a family with very little Christian engagement. His mother’s quiet faith was overshadowed by his father’s
After 40 years as an Episcopal priest, Jurgen Liias became a Catholic in August 2012. In April 2013 he was ordained a Catholic priest through the Anglican Ordinariate. A community of about 25 other former Anglicans have joined him in forming the parish of St. Gregory the Great of the US Anglican Ordinariate in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts.
http://www.ncregister.com https://chnetwork.org/journey-home/dan-burke-convert-from-judaism-the-journey-home-program-2/ Dan is the executive director of the “National Catholic Register” newspaper – a return visitor to the Journey Home program. He shares some of the significant parts of
by Paul McCusker. Frankly, I doubt I would be much of a Catholic now without the benefit of all I’d been taught by Protestants as I travelled this way. I know that had I followed my father’s lead as a Catholic I wouldn’t be Catholic at all. (For him, it was a cultural identity, something handed down to him like an old coat he didn’t really want – if even that.) Any spark of faith in my life was fanned by my very-Protestant mother, faithful relatives and, in my formative years, the good people at Grace Baptist Church in my hometown.
I was a pastor for 15 years and in church related ministry for 8 years prior. There were good times and bad….Things were deteriorating financially. I resigned my ordination just a few days after my fifteenth anniversary. Ordained ministry was off the table. What now?
Richard shares with Marcus about his early days as the son of immigrant parents from Armenia and the moral foundation he received by participating in the Protestant church of his
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