Kelly Nieto grew up in a home where God and religion had no place. As a result, for the first 35 years of her life, Kelly battled with an emptiness
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Even as a sophomore I knew that I wanted to attend Notre Dame. Its Catholic identity wasn’t really a factor at all; its academic reputation, quality of student life (as reported by Princeton Review), and the memories of my first visit there drove my decision. I didn’t know what to make of Catholicism at all. One of the essays on the Notre Dame application dealt with a “spiritual topic” of our choosing. I chose to write about my impressions of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.
Trevor Lipscombe was born in London and lived in England through his scholastic studies at Oxford University where he received his doctorate in theoretical physics. His parents’ divorce and his
Kenneth Cramer, grandson to Italian immigrants, grew up in Chicago. Though nominally Catholic, there was not much offered as foundation in the faith. In fact, an abusive father directly attributed
The Drill Sergeant walked into the barracks and yelled, “Who wants to go to church? Be out front in 10 minutes!” Being an eighteen-year-old raw recruit in desperate need of
My parents were born in Sweden and immigrated to the United States as young adults. Nominal Lutherans, baptized and confirmed in the Church of Sweden, they were not strong churchgoers.
On November 6, 2011, on the book of the Gospels, I signed the Nicene Creed and a statement in which I professed to “believe in and hold firm all that the Holy Catholic church believes in, teaches and professes as handed down by the Fathers of the Church and Ancient Tradition.” By doing so, I effectively hung up my pulpit gown and stole: items I had received on the occasion of my ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church in America.
Jason Hall, native of Owensboro, KY, grew up in a Christian home in the Free Will Baptist tradition. His father was the minister of his church. Jason had an active
Growing up in the Chicago area, Chris Zajdzinski describes his Baptist upbringing as a great formation and experience. He felt a close personal relationship from an early age, though he
A former contestant on “America’s Next Top Model”, Leah Darrow, had a happy childhood growing up in a Catholic household on a beautiful farm in Oklahoma. As the oldest of six
“I was fighting so many demons that I lost track of where they came from and how they were manifested. I became enslaved to spiritual poverty, sexual depravity, and a greed for money that would take its toll on my emotions and psyche for years to come. Everything in life seemed easily disposable, especially my money, which I spent lavishly to maintain my steady diet of alcohol and drugs that would salve my emotional pain.”
Dawn Eden grew up in a reformed Jewish household in New York City. Her parents split up when Dawn was five so, living with her mother and sister, her father
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