![]() Share the Gospel in Season and Out of Season ![]() Being a former LDS member, I was taught to share my faith with others, and that remains part of my mission as a Catholic. I’m pretty quiet on social media in general, but the Facebook groups - like Catholic Converts, a private Facebook group - have helped me to see that there are other Catholics like me, and it allows me to share my insights into our beliefs with others who might not have as much knowledge about the faith as I do. ![]() I am not a very emotional person, so I don’t relate well to conversations that focus on that aspect, but I love talking about the details and logic behind certain beliefs. One of my favorite parts of researching any faith is researching the beliefs and then answering questions. I literally went from “I must be Catholic or Orthodox” to “I must be Catholic” in about 30 minutes. Having been raised LDS, I had a strong belief that the Lord must have called someone, such as Peter and his successors, to be leaders of the Apostles as a whole. I researched some of the primary differences and quickly noted that a defining difference between the two is that the Orthodox don’t have a single head of the Church. Once I realized that I needed a Church that taught Transubstantiation, I knew that I needed to be Catholic or Orthodox. Later, when the time came, the choice between Catholic and Orthodox became surprisingly easy. I now consider this the earliest stage of my conversion to Catholicism. I was sent to Ukraine and immediately fell in love with the beautiful icons that I saw in the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Resources for Non-Catholic Clergy and Ministersīeing raised in a loving LDS home and encouraged to see God’s plan and love in everything, when I was 19 and in college, I felt God suggesting that I go on my Mormon mission after that semester, despite my plans of going after graduating with a degree.Bible and the Catechism in a Year Reading Plan.Supporting Members of the Coming Home Network.
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