I am “Sil” — Silvia Emilia de Jesus Barbosa da Cunha — born in 1990 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My paternal grandparents immigrated here in 1947 from Portugal. My
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The story of how and why I became a Catholic began in September 1960, while watching the summer Olympics on TV at my Aunt Eva and Uncle Charles Malik’s home
It is a journey that took him from being a fervent Presbyterian minister and Professor of Theology at a major Protestant seminary to becoming a Roman Catholic theologian and internationally-known
As an adventurer at heart, I suppose it makes sense that, of all places, I found rest in Central Asia. It was in Kazakhstan that I faced a critical question
For as long as I can remember, I have always been involved in church. Growing up, my family was in church every time the doors were open: for Sunday services,
In July 1990, my wife, Sara, and I visited Poland as part of a pilgrimage. It was my first trip back since 1937, when I was four years old and
I love the story St. Luke tells in chapter 5 of his Gospel. Jesus, uninvited though He was, gets into Peter’s boat. He tells Peter to “put out into the
“You’re about to do what?!?!” I was shocked that my roommate and good friend was planning on leaving our fervent, Bible-based, and “Spirit-filled” church for what I thought was a
*The author is publishing this story under a pseudonym. Childhood Rules One of my earliest memories is of waking in the night. After my mother had helped me get to
Catholicism is not for the faint of heart. It is a commitment, a sacred duty, a responsibility. Serving the Master is the Christian’s priority, which oftentimes puts us at odds
It should have been the happiest day of my life. And, it was — until I made the phone call home. It started with the excitement of, “I am engaged!
When I was 13 years old, I had the adolescent awakening of realizing I had no purpose in life. I didn’t know what my purpose should be, but I knew