A Convert’s Perspective on Vocations – Sr. Julia Mary Darrenkamp
Sr. Julia grew up Protestant, and when she became Catholic, and then entered religious life with the Daughters of St. Paul, it raised all kinds of questions with her friends
Sr. Julia grew up Protestant, and when she became Catholic, and then entered religious life with the Daughters of St. Paul, it raised all kinds of questions with her friends
Matt Gerald had strong Methodist Protestant roots, and when he married a Catholic, he hoped his wife would eventually join him in his denomination. A decade later, when it was
Is beauty purely a matter of preference? Is science the only way to explore knowledge? Or is our desire to engage in both beauty and science part of a larger
When Tyler and his wife Kerstin found out they were expecting after they’d just had their first child, they knew abortion was a legal option for them, so they pursued
When Sr. Julia was a young Evangelical Protestant, she began to discover the lives of the saints. She was immediately drawn to martyrs like St. Agnes and St. Maria Goretti;
Growing up Pentecostal, Fr. Michael Rennier felt called to ministry, but his concept of pastoring was built on big personalities and talented public speaking, and he didn’t feel like that’s
Deb Scaravilli grew up in a dispensationalist congregation that believed Baptism was part of a previous dispensation, and not necessary for Christians. Later, in an Evangelical Free Church context, Baptism
As a Seventh-day Adventist, there was a time when Norman bin Yazid believed a number of things about the Catholic Church: that it represented the worst of the Great Apostasy
Fr. Michael Rennier grew up in a Pentecostal environment, and the worship services he went to focused on contemporary praise music, with a sermon as the centerpiece. When he discovered
Sharing your Catholic faith can be a daunting proposition, but as Tyler Pakka points out, sometimes we overcomplicate it by overthinking it. There can be a tendency to reduce our
Many of us who became Catholic – especially if we came from Evangelical Protestant backgrounds — entered the Church full of excitement, fervor, and a desire to do what we’ve
The view of sexual morality that Rachel Bulman grew up with in her Pentecostal youth group was heavily focused on what counted as a sin, and had a strong emphasis
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