Jerome's Pages on the Catholic Church and Faith -- 17

Remarkable Conversions 

to Catholicism

 

                      

 

  ON CONVERSION: 

The Catholic Encyclopedia: CONVERSION

The Catholic Church and Conversion (1926) (An online book by G. K. Chesterton -- a British convert to Catholicism in 1922)

Conversion and the Psychology of Change (by Art and Laraine Bennett)

  PERSONAL TESTIMONIES OF CONVERTS: 

Aidan Nichols [ANGLICAN] (Converted in 1966)

Augustine of Hippo [MANICHEAN] (386 A.D.)

Bernard Nathanson [JEW-ATHEIST-ABORTIONIST] (1996)

Beverly Whelton [SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST] (1993)

Chris and Janine LaRose [METHODISTS] (1993)

Christopher Bennett [SOUTHERN BAPTIST] (1998)

Dave Armstrong [EVANGELICAL CAMPUS MISSIONARY] (1991)

David Palm [EVANGELICAL] (1994)

Diane Kamer [EX-CATHOLIC TURNED EVANGELICAL]

Edmund Berman [PROTESTANT-EASTERN ORTHODOX] (1997)

Eugenio Zolli [JEWISH RABBI] (1945)

Evelyn Waugh [ANGLICAN NOVELIST] (1928)

Gary Hoge [ATHEIST-BAPTIST]

Gerry Matatics [PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER] (1986)

G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton [ANGLICAN AUTHOR] (1922)

James Akin [CHURCH OF CHRIST MEMBER-NEW AGER-PRESBYTERIAN] (1992)

Jeff Childers [CHURCH OF CHRIST MEMBER] (1998)

Jennifer Mehl Ferrara [LUTHERAN PASTOR]

John Henry Newman [ANGLICAN CLERGY & SCHOLAR] (1845)

Joni Seith [JEW-CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST]

Joshua Huntington [NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONALIST or PURITAN] (1868?)

Karen Chohrach [SOUTHERN BAPTIST]

Kenneth Howell [PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER] (1996)

Kenneth R. Guindon [BAPTIST MISSIONARY] (1986)

Lynn Nordhagen [TWO-TIMES EX-CATHOLIC]

Malcolm Muggeridge [ANGLICAN WRITER] (1982)

Mark W. Bonds [BAPTIST-WESLEYAN-PENTECOSTAL]

Martin (Marty) K. Barrack [JEW] (1989)

Owen Francis Dudley [ANGLICAN CLERGY] (1915)

Patrick Poff [EX-CATHOLIC TURNED BIBLE CHRISTIAN]

Pete Vere [SCHISMATIC FOLLOWER OF ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEBVRE]

Richard John Neuhas [LUTHERAN] (1990)

Robert Hugh Benson [ANGLICAN CLERGY] (1903)

Robin C. Poe [MORMON]

Ronald Knox [ANGLICAN CLERGY] (1917)

Sarah McLaughlin [SOUTHERN BAPTIST-EPISCOPALIAN] (1996)

Scott Hahn [PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER] (1986)

Steven M. Clifford [MORMON] (1994)

William J. Cork [LUTHERAN] (1992)

  MORE PERSONAL TESTIMONIES OF CONVERTS: 

Catholic Converts' Corner

CATHOLICHOST.COM: Conversion Stories

Chats with Prospective Converts (An online  book by Father M. D. Forrest, M.S.C.)

Conversion Stories, Interviews and More

Conversion Stories to the Catholic Faith

GOD IS ALIVE: Personal Witnesses to the Glory of God and His Son Jesus!

MIRROR OF TRUTH: Conversion Stories

Personal Conversion Testimonials Published in THE CATHOLIC TRUTH Newspaper

PETERS VOICE LIBRARY (Documents of the Holy Father, Conversion Testimonies, Apologetics and Evangelization, and Culture of Death)

The Catholic Church Has the Answers: TRUE CONVERSION TESTIMONIES

The Coming Home Network InternatIonal: CONVERTS

  LIFE-SKETCHES OF OTHER CONVERTS: 

Alphonse Ratisbonne [JEWISH FREE-THINKER] ( Converted in 1842)

Ambrose of Milan [PAGAN] (374 A.D.)

Catherine de Hueck Doherty [RUSSIAN ORTHODOX] (1920)

David A. White [LIBERAL PROTESTANT] (1979)

Dietrich von Hildebrand [PROTESTANT-PAGAN]

Dorothy Day [COMMUNIST] (1927)

Edith Stein [JEWISH SCHOLAR] (1933)

Edmund Campion [ANGLICAN] (1569)

Elizabeth Ann Seton [EPISCOPALIAN] (1805)

Francis Mary Paul Libermann [JEWISH RABBI'S SON] (1826)

Frederick C. Copleston [ANGLICAN] (1925)

Gerard Manley Hopkins [ANGLICAN POET & SCHOLAR] (1866)

Henry Edward Manning [ANGLICAN CLERGY] (1851)

Isaac Thomas Hecker [METHODIST-TRANSCENDENTALIST] (1844)

Jacques Maritain [PROTESTANT PHILOSOPHER] (1905)

Jerome [PAGAN] (360 A.D.)

Justin (the) Martyr [PAGAN] (c.130 A.D.)

Norma McCorvey [EX-CATHOLIC, EVANGELICAL & PRO-ABORTIONIST] (1995)

Orestes Augustus Brownson [PRESBYTERIAN-UNIVERSALIST-UNITARIAN-TRANSCENDENTALIST] (1844)

Richard Challoner [PRESBYTERIAN] (c.1704)

Takasi Nagai [SHINTOIST] (1934)

Theodor Ratisbonne [JEW] (1826)

Thomas Merton [COMMUNIST] (1938)

Warren H. Carroll [PAGAN DEIST] (1968)

The Catholic Encyclopedia Biographies of Converts to Catholicism

THE GREAT CONVERTS: Biographies

  CONVERT-SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES: 

Ask A Catholic (Online questions on Roman Catholic Church and Faith are answered by "real, live-wired Catholics")

Ask A Catholic Priest (Father Thomas J. Smith replies to online Theological, Spiritual, or Pastoral Questions)

Ask Father… (Fr. Paul Williams, a convert and priest, replies to online queries)

Ask Father Fred or Ask A Convert (Answers to online enquiries on the Catholic Church and Faith)

Association for Catechumenal Ministry

AT THE GATE OF BLISS: Catholic Converts' Information Page

Bible Quizzes to a Street Preacher (Answers to Questions)

BIBLICAL EVIDENCE FOR CATHOLICISM: Conversion and Converts (Information on Conversions and Converts)

Catechism of the Catholic Church (from St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church website)

CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS ON THE INTERNET

CATHOLIC ANSWERS (Catholic Apologetics & Evangelization)

CATHOLIC ANSWERS: Tracts by Topic

Catholic Bible Study (Scripture Study on the Internet)

Catholic Connections: COMING HOME (An invitation to inactive Catholics for returning to the Catholic Church)

CATHOLIC CONVERTS' CORNER

Catholic Enquiry Office (London, U.K.) (Deals with enquiries on Catholic Faith)

Catholic Evangelization: Questions and Answers (About the Roman Catholic Faith by Father Absalom Coutinho)

I'm Glad You Asked (A booklet that replies to questions on the Catholic Church and faith) (by Father John Noone et al)

CATHOLIC HOME STUDY SERVICE (Correspondence/Online Courses on the Catholic Church, Faith and Bible)

CATHOLIC INFORMATION

CATHOLIC INFORMATION NETWORK

Catholic Information Service (Web Links)

Catholic Information Service Home Study (On the Catholic Church & Faith)

CATHOLIC MOBILE Theology Library: RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Web Links

CATHOLIC RETURN HOMEPAGE

Catholics -- Come Home (St. Peter's Catholic Church, Riveredge, New Jersey, website for Catholics not actively worshipping or who feel alienated from Roman Catholic Church)

Come Home (Reaching out to inactive and alienated Catholics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.)

COMING HOME JOURNAL (Bi-annual journal having articles from converts to Catholicism)

COMING HOME NETWORK INTERNATIONAL (Providing fellowship, encouragement and support to Protestant Pastors and Lay Persons converted to or on the way to Catholicism)

DEFENDERS OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH (Information on Conversions and Converts, Bible Study, and Answers to Questions of Would-be Converts)

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner Edition) (Catholic Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate)

Dr. Scott Hahn Links Page: 100% CATHOLIC BIBLE STUDY

ENVOY Magazine (Bimonthly Journal of Catholic Apologetics and Evangelization, including conversion stories)

GENUINE CATHOLIC INFORMATION FOR HONEST SEEKERS (Replying to Disinformation on the Catholic Church and Faith)

Help for Atheists/Agnostics

How I Led Catholics Out of the Church (by Steve Wood, a convert from Evangelicalism)

How to Kill a Convert (by Anthony English)

Inactive Catholics (Support service to inactive Catholics by Father William McKee, C.Ss.R.)

Leaflets of Faith (Free leaflets on Roman Catholic faith)

Missionaries of Faith Foundation: BIBLE STUDY

My Catholic Faith (A Manual of Religion) (1949) (by Bishop Louis Laravoire Morrow, S. T. D.)

NAZARETH RESOURCE LIBRARY (On the Catholic Church and Faith)

Once Catholic.org (A ministry of the Franciscan Friars among former or lapsed Catholics) (Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.)

QUESTIONS REGARDING CONVERTING (A Catholic priest replies to online questions)

Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association (Inviting unchurched Americans and inactive Catholics in the U.S.A.)

Reaching Lapsed Catholics

Recovering Stray Catholics (An article by Father C. John McCloskey III)

RETURNING HOME (Welcoming Former and Non-Practicing Catholics)

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS (RCIA) (Web Links)

Resources for Catholic Educators: RCIA (Web Links)

Second Exodus (Web Page of Hebrews or Jews converted to Catholicism)

ST. BARNABAS SOCIETY (U.K.)

The Catholic Doors Ministry (Bible Correspondence Courses)

The New American Bible (Modern Catholic Bible on the Internet)

The Knights of Columbus: THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (with Search Engine)

The Knights of Columbus: THE CATHOLIC INFORMATION SERVICE (The Catholic Faith resources)

The One True Church (The Only Church That Christ Established is the Catholic Church) (by Father Arnold Damen, S.J.)

The Catholic Religion Proved by the Protestant Bible (Answers to 25 Questions on the History of the New Testament Which Completely Refute the "Bible Only" Theory)

The Church or the Bible (by Father Arnold Damen, S.J.)

THE ROCK (Catholic Journal of Apologetics and Evangelization, including conversion stories)

Winning New Converts (A booklet by Father C. John McCloskey III, S.T.D. for the Catholics)

The Word of Life -- 1 (Explanation of and reflection on selected Gospel passages)

The Word of Life -- 2 (Explanation of and reflection on selected Gospel passages)

THE GEHENNA PAGE

  WHY AND HOW OF BECOMING A CATHOLIC: 

Why Be Catholic? [Five Good Reasons] (by Father Francis Peffley)

Why Be Catholic? (by Father Paul Williams -- a convert and priest)

Why Be Catholic: An Exercise for Evangelicals (by James Akin -- a convert)

Thoughts to Those Considering Conversion to Christianity

Does Being Catholic Make a Difference? (by Father Ray Ryland, a convert from Anglicanism)

What Does It Mean To Be A Catholic? (by Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien)

What Does Catholicism Have to Offer? (by Father Charles E. Irwin)

COME HOME TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: An Open Letter to a Former Catholic (by Father Joe Jenkins)

Becoming a Catholic: Taking the First Step (by Rev. Daniel L. Mode)

150 Reasons Why I Am a Catholic (by Dave Armstrong -- a convert)

How to Become Catholic (from CATHOLIC ANSWERS Web Site)

How to Become a Catholic (by James Akin -- a convert)

How to Become a Catholic: A Guide for the Interested (by Father Peter J. Elliott)

Reactions to My Conversion to Catholicism (by Dave Armstrong)

New Surge of Converts to Rome from Protestantism

A River Runs to It: A New Exodus of Protestants Streams to Rome (by Brad Wilcox)

Why I Am A Catholic (by Father Hans Urs von Balthasar -- Catholic Theologian)

Why I Am A Catholic ( Hombre Nuevo)

  WEBSITES OF CONVERTS TO CATHOLICISM: 

100% Catholic (John D'Arcy, a convert from Evangelicalism)

3rd Millennium Perspectives (Mark Brumley, a convert from Evangelicalism)

A Defense of the Catholic Church Against Church of Christ Restorationism (Jeff Childers, a convert from the Church of Christ)

A Librarian's Guide to Catholic Resources on the Internet (Karen Chohrach, a convert from Southern Baptist Church)

A Protestant's Guide to Catholic Church (Garry Hoge, a convert from Evangelicalism)

Biblical Foundations International, Inc. (Gerry Matatics, a convert from Evangelicalism)

Biblical Evidence for Catholicism (Dave Armstrong, a convert from Evangelicalism)

Biblically Correct Shirts for All Ages (Joni Seith, a convert from Judaism-Christian Science)

Catholic Answers (Karl Keating, a convert from Evangelicalism)

Catholic Apologetics International (Robert Sungenis, who returned to the Catholic Church after a long trek in half-a-dozen Protestant Churches)

Coming Home Network International (Several converts, including Marcus C. Grodi, from Evangelicalism)

Defenders of the Catholic Faith (Steve Ray, a convert from Evangelicalism)

Dr. Scott Hahn Links Pages (Dr. Scott Hahn, a convert from Presbyterianism)

Envoy Magazine (Patrick Madrid, a covert from Evangelicalism)

Examining Protestantism (Steve Haws, a convert from Mormonism)

Greg Krehbiel's Home Page (A convert from Evangelicalism)

Home Pages of the Catholic Converts (Web Links)

Institute of Applied Biblical Studies (Dr. Scott Hahn, a convert from Presbyterianism)

Nazareth Resource Library (James Akin, a convert from Evangelicalism)

Our Lady of the Rosary Library (David A. White, a convert from liberal Protestantism)

Second Exodus (Marty K. Barrack, who's helping Jews inquiring into the Catholic faith)

Steve Ray's Home Page (A convert from Evangelicalism)

The Palm Page (Dave Palm, a convert from Evangelicalism)

The Soul of the Robin (Robin C. Poe, a convert from Mormonism)

Triple C: Catholic & Christian Crossroads (Jeff Childers, a convert from the Church of Christ)

 

 

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