Great article, JVL! My husband is a cradle Catholic who went to the seminary for two years and taught RCIA for 30 years. I was raised Methodist and had already started preparation classes to become Catholic before I met him when I was 25. We’re both the pope’s age. We had discussed the list of names that were contenders and were stunned and thrilled to hear we had an American pope! We live about 90 minutes from Chicago and Notre Dame is 20 minutes away. Our church is St. Augustine Catholic Church. To quote part of our mission statement— “We are a multi-racial faith community, rooted in the African-American tradition. We commit ourselves to living the faith and proclaiming the Gospel through our efforts toward evangelization, Spirit-filled worship, community outreach programs, and social services”. If you’re ever in town for a Notre Dame game, please visit our church. It’s a joy-filled church that loves and serves others which seems so much like Pope Francis and Pope Leo. I feel like he will bring people back to the church in America. And we’re willing to overlook the fact that he’s a White Sox fan. :o)
Great article, JVL! My husband is a cradle Catholic who went to the seminary for two years and taught RCIA for 30 years. I was raised Methodist and had already started preparation classes to become Catholic before I met him when I was 25. We’re both the pope’s age. We had discussed the list of names that were contenders and were stunned and thrilled to hear we had an American pope! We live about 90 minutes from Chicago and Notre Dame is 20 minutes away. Our church is St. Augustine Catholic Church. To quote part of our mission statement— “We are a multi-racial faith community, rooted in the African-American tradition. We commit ourselves to living the faith and proclaiming the Gospel through our efforts toward evangelization, Spirit-filled worship, community outreach programs, and social services”. If you’re ever in town for a Notre Dame game, please visit our church. It’s a joy-filled church that loves and serves others which seems so much like Pope Francis and Pope Leo. I feel like he will bring people back to the church in America. And we’re willing to overlook the fact that he’s a White Sox fan. :o)
lets hope but is it too late ? past organized church failures when professing to be followers of Christ