Nicole DeMille grew up in New York in a family identified culturally and faithfully as Lutheran. She attended Lutheran schools through high school and was steeped in this faith tradition
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A special panel of Catholic converts discuss the topic of Sola Scriptura or “Bible Alone”.
“I went and talked with a Catholic priest. As it turned out, he was less than encouraging. I don’t know if he was disgruntled with the Church or what, but he seemed to say, ‘Why would you want to go and become a Catholic?'”
Last year, Francka Povsic, my special friend and co-leader of our prayer group gave me a copy of the above inspirational audio cassette. These words from St. Francis De Sales powerfully describe the Truth that I have learned about God’s infinite love for me. Our Lady gently called me to peace through reported messages of Mary and eventually to the Roman Catholic Church.
“Most of you are members of the Catholic Church, but others are from other Christian churches and communities, and I greet each one with sincere friendship,” he said. “In spite of divisions among Christians, ‘all those justified by faith through baptism are incorporated into Christ … brothers and sisters in the Lord.’ ”
The Holy Father shook up my life in that moment. It may be difficult to understand why … unless you’ve grown up Lutheran.
“Within a year after the death of my grandmother, my mother stopped going to the Lutheran Church and started attending the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs). During this time, my father would periodically take us kids to Catholic Mass, where we would all fall fast asleep. There was no Catholic Sunday school, and I really didn’t understand what was happening there.”
It was difficult to watch Mary receive the Eucharist while I remained behind in the pew. I imagined how hard it would be to watch my family go up for Communion without me. The words spoken by the congregation in Mass — “Lord, I am not worthy to receive You, but only say the word and I shall be healed” — both irritated me and gave me hope.
In this episode from Sweden, Marcus sits down with Professor Alf Hardelin and Ulf Samuelsson. Prof. Alf Härdelin is a professor in the Theology Department of Uppsala University while Ulf Samuelsson
Former Methodist and Lutheran seminarian, Jim Anderson is an employee of the Coming Home Network. He made the journey home to the Catholic Church while attending Protestant seminary.
Former international professional boxing champion from Sweden, Paolo Roberto, shares his story of growing up Catholic in the most secularized nation in the world. His faith would be a firm
Richard Lane, lay Catholic evangelist, returns to The Journey Home program as a follow-up to his visit on July 28, 2008. He and Marcus discuss what the Sacraments mean to
Ola Tjorhom and Hans-Fredik Dahl from Norway join Marcus for this episode abroad. Both are professors who converted to Catholicism deep into their professional careers. Professor Tjorhom came from a
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