My conversion from Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or LDS) to Catholicism was a bittersweet experience. I am convinced, though, that the events unfolded beautifully according
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I became Catholic in 2013, after growing up with some Lithuanian Catholic traditions in a household with a mixed faith background. My mother was raised Catholic, and my father didn’t
My Baptist Childhood In 1977, at the age of seven, I was baptized in a Baptist Church in rural north-central Louisiana. The pastor of the church was my father; I
As a child I lived in Birmingham, England and attended a Methodist Sunday School; the church was across the street from my home but my parents did not attend. As
My parents I was born in 1965 to Mary (Alexander) Lane, now a retired educator for the Highland Park, Michigan School District. My mother was famous in her own right.
A native of South Carolina and the last of five children, I was raised in a Southern Baptist home. My mother was brought up in the Baptist tradition; my father
I was born to lifelong Lutherans (ELCA) who, of course, baptized all their kids Lutheran. I was baptized on December 28, 1980 — a date that I realized, soon after
I clearly remember the moment I became a Christian. I don’t recall how old I was exactly, probably six or seven, but it was a Sunday afternoon and I had
I was in second grade when I decided I wanted to be a nun when I grew up. My parents were progressive Catholics and very active in our local parish.
I was born to a family with deep roots in the Methodist church. My great, great grandfather, John Wesley DeVilbiss, is historically remembered as the first to preach a Protestant
I have not always been a Catholic. At the age of ten I was baptized at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Lubbock, Texas. My mother and stepfather were not churchgoers, but
Bryan Mercier is a Catholic writer, speaker and apologist, online at catholicbryan.org. His latest book is Why Do You Believe in God? Catholic Conversations with Skeptics and Non-Believers. He spoke