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Featured Conversion Story: “Story of My Conversion” – by Fr. Aaron B. Huberfeld (from and Jewish and Protestant background)

“Conserving Fire” – by Marcus Grodi (the awesomeness of stewardship and the gift of the Church)

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Announcing the 7th Annual Deep in History Conference: “Pillar and Bulwark” – including profile of conference speakers, schedule, Marcus Grodi’s reasoning behind choosing the theme, and description of the conference emblem.

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Featured Conversion Story: “A Child of Abraham Becomes a Catholic Priest” – by Fr. Jonathan Toborowsky (from Jewish and non-practicing Roman Catholic backgrounds)

“Saint Paul” – by Marcus Grodi (reflections on the “Catholic Paul”)

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Featured Conversion Story: “3 Treasures of the Church” – by Allen Hunt (former Methodist pastor)

“Take the Log out of Thine Own Eye…Before You Give Advice” – by Marcus Grodi (an historical account of Fr. Thayer, a clergy convert in the later1700s, defending the Catholic Faith)

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Featured Conversion Story: “From Confusion to the Order of Truth” – by Clyde Pearce (athlete and former Mormon)

“Saint Paul on Lent” – by Marcus Grodi

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Featured Conversion Story: “Toward the Celestial City” – by Dr. Frank Hermann (former Baptist; Early Church Fathers; Eucharist)

“The Winnowing Effect of the Eucharist” – by Marcus Grodi (reflections on John 6)

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Featured Conversion Story: “A Glorious Journey” – by Dr. Paul Chaim Benedicta Schenck (former Jew, Methodist seminarian, Non-denominational pastor, and Episcopal presbyter; Church unity; pro-life)

“Why the Church?” – by Dr. Kenneth Howell

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Featured Conversion Story: “Two Journeys, One Destination – by Richard and Ruth Ballard (former Lutheran pastors; a husband and wife team who pastured the same church for 15 years)

“A Familiar Story” – by Marcus Grodi (the text of an historic letter from a Church of England pastor who wants to become Catholic, but has no way to support his family; this letter was written in England in 1785)

Spouses Network & Quo Vadis News

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Featured Conversion Story: “The Story of Two Souls: My Journey to the Catholic Faith” – by Elizabeth Ficocelli (former nominal Christian)

“Necessity of the Church?” – by Marcus Grodi (the necessity of the Church as supported by Scripture)

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Featured Conversion Story: “From the World to the Word: My Miraculous Journey Home” – by

Gail Buckley (former nominal Methodist)

“My Dear Brother and Friend: Part IV A Letter from Father John Thayer”

Quo Vadis Update

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Featured Conversion Story: “The Payment of a Debt of Gratitude 40 Years Later” – by Paul Abbe (former Lutheran pastor; pro-life/contraception)

“My Dear Brother and Friend: Part III – A Letter from Father John Thayer” – by Marcus Grodi

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Featured Conversion Story: “Lead, kindly Light” – by Fr. Douglas Grandon (former Pentecostal, Evangelical Free Church minister, and Episcopal priest)

“My Dear Brother and Friend: Part II – A Letter from Father John Thayer” – by Marcus Grodi (on Tradition and Apostolic authority)