Former Catholic
Church Members
I Had Never Heard
Something So Amazing! - By Dustin Fadale
I grew up in a crazy life style that most non-members
would consider ordinary. High school was a great time that I will
never forget and it gives me a different perspective on life being
on both sides of the fence....read
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I Found My
Direction Home by Douglas Eckhoff
I studied philosophy and theology in a Roman Catholic
college-seminary and spent three years in the Society of Jesus, a
Roman Catholic religious order, preparing for priesthood. And that
is where the first turn in the road appeared....read
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Putting Together The Puzzle
by Deborah Wright
As a child, I was raised in the Catholic Church. I
was taught to pray scripted prayers and sent to Catholic School. One
of my earliest memories at about age six was wondering why no one
prayed "correctly."...read
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He Guides Us Through The
Voices of Others - By Catherine Inscore
Being truly converted was the topic in Relief Society
on this particular Sunday. I recall I was still angry. I was angry
at the ward, angry at the powerlessness of the priesthood, angry at
my decision to make that all knowing change from Catholicism to
Mormonism, and angry most of all at myself....read
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There Was A Hole In My
Heart That I Could Never Fill - By Paula Vario
When I was 15 years old I got married. But that's not the story I
wish to tell right now. I want to tell you how I was converted to
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.....read
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The Still Small Voice -
By Richard J. Johnson
That "still small voice" continued to talk to me though. Following
military service I enrolled in and graduated from, a four year
Catholic College, and was maybe back on the right track again.....read
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The Scales of Darkness Fell
From My Mind - By Andrew Hardwick
My family has been Catholic for generations. I first encountered the
Church through an exhibit at a World's Fair. I remember when I read
Joseph Smith's testimony how skeptical I was of the whole thing.
Being curious, I went to my.....read entire story >>
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We Are A Happy Family
That Loves The Church - By Sean & Laurie Lewis
Two weeks after we were married, I was taking the discussions and
became a member that August. March of 1999, we had our first son
(Micah) in Alb., NM. When our little Micah was 18 months, we moved
back to Houston, Texas......read entire story >>
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A More Compassionate Person
- By T.J. Leyden
Julie had been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints all her life, although she had not been very active in the
Church. Still, she had never, ever lost her testimony. When "we"
became pregnant, Julie wanted our baby........read entire story >>
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God Was Telling Me
Something - By Leo Her
They began to test me from all the things I was taught. They then
told me I met all the requirements of the Church to be baptized. I
felt that I was unsure and not ready to be baptized yet. I was
Catholic at that time. I always told myself “I would never leave....read entire story >>
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I Found The Truth
- By Richard Gaines
They asked me to be baptized. I gave them a qualified, tentative
"yes"...with the caveat that I needed to hear more first before I
committed to that drastic step
...read entire story >>
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We Haven't
Looked Back Since - By John Sowell
The missionaries gave me a copy. I did not feel anything after
that first discussion. Needless to say we dodged the missionaries
for months after that; however, I felt compelled to...read
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Never Judge Anyone On Where They Are Now - By Alan Tong
I remember, vividly, feeling out of place, me in jeans and scruffy
tee-shirt and everyone else smartly dressed. Even more though, I
remember feeling "something deep inside." ...read
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My Changed View - By Maree
Howard
I
joined the Church 26 years ago, at age 16. I was a Catholic and then
interested in the born again Pentecostal....read
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It Made All The
Difference - By Joseph P. McManus
In the end I am LDS because I chose to be, not because it is a
family tradition or because I was forced to or because I was
hoodwinked by agents of the church...read
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Our Trials And Difficulties Have Guided and Blessed Our Life
- By Giuseppe Martinego
As a family we have had difficult experiences, but these
experiences have strengthened our testimonies. The Lord has blessed
us greatly, and He has used our trials and difficulties to guide and
bless our lives. Of this there is no question...read
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Life Is Full Of Challenges
- By Rudi Mena
Life is full of challenges but it is a lot better if we know where
are we going...read
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The Lord Had Lead
Me To The Truth
- By Nicholas Day
Because of these and other theological flaws with the
Catholic Church, I started my personal search for a church that
reflected what I have found to be true through study of the Bible...read
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It
Was No Coincidence
- By Michael Voltz
I could barely believe my ears! How could this day possibly have
been a coincidence!...read
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A Longing For The Spirit
- By Emily Mockus
Eventually, in Elementary School, I started to want something to
believe in. Isn’t it amazing that a 9 year old girl would suddenly
want spiritual guidance by her own desire?...read
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The Lord Strengthened Me
- By Christopher Hills
grew up in Northern Ireland, the political and religious
history of my country is no secret, there has always been disputes
over religion and politics...read
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