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Despite his Protestant convictions, two of his closest friends at the school were Catholic. “One kept telling me about this guy, Father Nathan Dail, and the wise things he’d say. She also told me about this thing called ‘Adoration.’ She would just go and sit with the Lord in adoration in peace and quiet, and she would cry with the Lord. I never heard of anything like that in my life.”

Though unfamiliar with Catholic practice, Jaime said she was drawn to the liturgy itself. “I found it beautiful,” she said. “The sense that happened when everyone was saying their responses and singing and moving throughout the Mass in this wonderful, like, dance—I just found it beautiful.”

Answering the call is more than receiving the Sacraments. “It is about becoming saints,” he said. “The journey ahead — especially these coming weeks of Lent will not simply be about learning more prayers or memorizing teachings. It will be about conversion, about allowing Christ to examine your heart. It is about trust and surrender.”

“Everything in our lives is God working to bring us all home."

Sarah Shapori shares her journey to the Catholic faith.

Risen Christ begins a year-round OCIA program after a boom in growth.

Grace Cassinelli reflects on her conversion to Catholicism and attending SEEK25.

Deacon Ted and Ludee Vermaas organized the new OCIA program because of the tremendous growth at Risen Christ.