I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to
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I grew up with no religious background and did not know I was a baptized Roman Catholic until two years into my religious education at Malone University where I studied
I grew up having a serious faith. My parents were among the many young couples in the late 1950s who made the trek up Route 23 from the coal-mining region
“I was ransomed from the futile ways…” (1 Peter 1:18). My DNA flows from the ancient Jewish diaspora, up through North Africa and into Portugal. My father was baptized as
Faith of Our Fathers, Holy Faith! Music has always been an essential part of my spiritual life. I was born into a heritage of Christian faith that goes back many
St. Therese of Lisieux once said that everything is grace. That has certainly been the theme of my life. From my twin sister Madison’s and my entrance into the world
Let’s Be Friends I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior and was baptized in the spring of 1980. I attended Protestant churches my entire life, being a member of
It Seemed Like a Better Idea These days, my favorite place to be on a Sunday morning is at Mass, inside Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa, Oklahoma, gathered with Christ’s
Early Years The pilgrimage of faith which brought me home to Catholicism began in 1909. That year, my father’s parents, Rudolph and Zdenka Souta, immigrated to this country from Czechoslovakia.
“To bind up the brokenhearted.” This verse struck me as a child reading my Bible on the school bus. It was among the things Jesus said He was going to
Brooklyn Beginnings I was the youngest of four, born and raised by a single-parent mother in Brooklyn, New York. My mother was a strong Irish Catholic. She instilled in us
My wife and I did not come to the Catholic Church by way of the same journey, although our paths ran parallel. Our journey began 20 years ago, with our
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