Monica Anyango grew up Catholic in Uganda, but drifted from her faith.
When she found herself a single mom in the United States, her desire to create some kind of structure in her life led her to revisit the disciplines and teachings of the Catholic Church she’d walked away from.
The role of Mary was especially important in helping Monica establish a new ... Show More
Sep 30
Bishop Earl Fernandes -Lifelong Catholic
It has been a longstanding tradition in the Coming Home Network, which is located in the Diocese of Columbus, to invite the sitting bishop to share his story on The Journey Home -- even if he's not technically a convert! In the case of Bishop Earl Fernandes, there is a lot of sto ... Show More
1 h
Sep 23
Deacon Matt Halbach - Catholic Revert
Deacon Matt Halbach grew up Catholic but wasn’t very well formed. As a young man, he began to struggle with depression and anxiety, and was even thinking of suicide at one point. In the midst of that, a coworker began to share his Catholic faith, and invited Matt back to Mass. Fi ... Show More
1 h
Nov 2021
Theresa Keeley, "Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict Over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America" (Cornell UP, 2020)
In Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict Over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America (Cornell UP, 2020), Theresa Keeley analyzes the role of intra-Catholic conflict within the framework of U.S. foreign policy formulation and execution during the Reagan administ ... Show More
47m 24s
May 2022
Young Catholics Respond - Alicia Hartle & Msgr. Joseph Malagreca
Bill Snyder talks with Alicia Hartle, Executive Director of Pentecost Today USA, and Msgr. Joseph Malagreca, Coordinator of the CHARIS National Service of Communion for the USA about how Charis is helping to breathe new life into the Catholic Charismatic...
Oct 2024
Is Buddhism the Path to Peace? with Sita Slavov
Sita Slavov is a professor at George Mason University. She grew up in a Hindu family in Houston, Texas. Over time, she explored different faiths, including Zen Buddhism, and eventually embraced Christianity. She has a PhD in economics from Stanford University and now lives in Vir ... Show More
27m 3s
Mar 2018
Tatyana V. Bakhmetyeva, “Mother of the Church” (Northern Illinois UP, 2016)
In Mother of the Church: Sofia Svechina, the Salon, and the Politics of Catholicism in Nineteenth-Century Russia and France (Northern Illinois University Press, 2016), Tatyana V. Bakhmetyeva explores an influential figure in the history of Russian Catholicism. A Russian noblewoma ... Show More
52m 52s