Behind a smile I found the Truth

Sissi Fatima, from Canton, tells how the happiness she saw in others helped her to come to the Catholic Faith
Tags: Conversion, China, Video

Testimony

I went in search of beauty and found God

I was 25 when I packed my bags and went to Valencia, Spain. My excuse was that I wanted to do an MA in architecture. I say “excuse”, because my real aim was to get away, wherever. I wasn’t happy and I needed a change. [...]
Tags: Conversion, Faith, Formation, Year of Faith

Testimony

From the Fast Lane to the Right Lane

“If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For he who would save his life shall lose it; but he who loses his life for my sake shall find it. For what does it profit [...]
Tags: The Way, Conversion, family, Friends of God, writings of the founder of Opus Dei

Testimony

He had a plan for me

Although I grew up in a Catholic family, a rebellious spirit joined with immaturity and ignorance made me stop practicing. For about fifteen years God had no place in my life, though I know he never stopped loving me and looking after me. I was [...]
Tags: Conversion, Cooperators of Opus Dei, Faith

Testimony

When I was 32 I was converted again

My name is Marco and I first heard of St Josemaria’s message about Christian living just over a year ago. I had stopped practicing my faith more than fifteen years before – I still said prayers every day, but without knowing what I was saying [...]
Tags: Conversion, Italy

Document

Since I discovered the gift of Faith, there's no other way I'd want to live

I am married and the mother of three children. I lost my own mother when I was still very small. However, I had a happy, peaceful childhood thanks to the special support given me by one of my aunts. The onset of adolescence and other [...]
Tags: October 2, 1928, Conversion, Chile

Document

I'm no longer afraid

Interview with Raquel Taveira-Marques “When I came from Portugal to do research at University College London for my PhD in Neurobiology and Neuroscience, I soon fell in love with London, and also -something I didn’t [...]
Tags: Baptism, Conversion, Faith, UK

Document

How to prepare for Holy Week

Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI, Expo Bicentenario Park, León, Mexico. 25 March 2012 Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am very pleased to be among you today and I express my sincere gratitude to the Most Reverend José Guadalupe Martín Rábago, Archbishop of León, for his kind [...]
Tags: Conversion, Pope Benedict XVI, Heart, Mexico

Document

Purification: change, recovery

February 2nd is the feast of Jesus' Presentation in the Temple and the Purification of Our Lady. Mary offers her Son to God and learns that she too will share closely in Jesus' redemptive mission. The Catholic Church suggests a time to "purify" to seek [...]
Tags: Conversion, Our Lady

Document

Advent

Advent is here. What a marvellous time in which to renew your desire, your nostalgia, your real longing for Christ to come — for him to come every day to your soul in the Eucharist. The Church encourages us: Ecce veniet! — He is about [...]
Tags: Conversion, Hope, Jesus Christ, Holy Family, Advent