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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FOREWORD -- SCOTT AND KIMBERLY HAHN

INTRODUCTION -- MARCUS GRODI

PART ONE -- CLERGY JOURNEYS HOME

WHAT IS TRUTH? -- MARCUS C. GRODI

A BREACH IN MY DEFENSE

CONSIDER THE SPARROWS

"MUCH LEARNING HATH MADE YOU MAD!"

A FINAL FEW WORDS

I NEVER WANTED TO BE A MINISTER'S WIFE ANYWAY! -- MARILYN C. GRODI

LIFE AS A PASTOR'S WIFE

AN UNEXPECTED HURDLE

ON WHOSE AUTHORITY? -- FATHER RAYMOND RYLAND

VOCATION AND CONVERSION

VOICE OF SANITY?

LOOKING EASTWARD

LOOKING TO ROME

I NEVER DREAMED I'D BE MARRIED TO A CATHOLIC PRIEST! -- RUTH RYLAND

DELVING DEEP INTO HISTORY -- JIM ANDERSON

SOJOURN AMONG THE LUTHERANS

GETTING TO KNOW CATHOLICS

MEETING THE CHURCH FATHERS

THE NEED FOR APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY

THE EUCHARIST

LOSS OF FAITH AMONG PROTESTANT LEADERS

NEW CONVICTIONS DEVELOPING

HOME AT LAST

CATHOLIC INSIDE AND OUT -- KENNETH J. HOWELL

EUCHARIST AND WORSHIP

ENCOUNTERING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

ENCOUNTER WITH SUFFERING

THE GENTLE PERSUASION OF SCRIPTURE AND MY WIFE -- FATHER PAUL KEY

EMBRACING CATHOLIC TEACHINGS

ESSENTIAL ISSUES

MY WIFE'S ROLE

DAY OF DECISION

A JOURNEY HOME -- SISTER ROSALIND MOSS

MEETING JEWISH BELIEVERS IN CHRIST

VIEWS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

GRADUATE STUDIES AND NEW MINISTRY

UNSETTLING QUESTIONS

DISCOVERING CATHOLIC TRUTH

COMING HOME

OUR JOURNEY HOME -- LARRY LEWIS

PRAYING FOR REGAN

ENCOUNTERING MARY

DRAWN TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

ASKING FOR A SIGN

SEARCHING FOR AUTHORITY -- CHRISTOPHER DIXON

EARLY YEARS AND SEMINARY

EMERGING QUESTIONS

UNITY IN STRUCTURE AND FAITH

BECOMING CATHOLIC

AFFIRMING ALL THINGS -- FATHER DWIGHT LONGENECKER

ANGLICAN ORTHODOXY

THE AFFIRMATIVE WAY

ST. BENEDICT THE BALANCED

THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY

AFFIRMING ALL THINGS

RETURNING HOME -- RICK RICCIARDI

MY WANDERING BEGINS

MY HEART STARTS TO TURN FOR HOME

MY JOURNEY HOME

RETURNING HOME

LOGIC AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF PROTESTANT FAITH -- FATHER BRIAN W. HARRISON

THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF LOGIC

LOGIC AND THE SOLA SCRIPTURA PRINCIPLE

CALVIN'S ATTEMPTED SOLUTION

IN CELEBRATION OF MY IGNORANCE -- FATHER THOMAS HICKEY

MY FRUITLESS QUEST FOR UNITY

THE FRUSTRATION OF A SINCERE CONSCIENCE

BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE OCEAN

NOBODY TOLD ME

RUNNING TOO HARD

WE CROSS AN OCEAN

SCOFIELD UNMASKED

MY WITTENBERG DOOR

THE HOUSE COLLAPSES

NOW I'LL LISTEN, LORD

A STRANGE WELCOME

TANGIBLE, VISIBLE AUTHORITY

A WARM WELCOME

HOME

A FINAL PLEA

A SEARCH FOR TRUTH -- FATHER STEVEN D. ANDERSON

"THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE"

"ALL SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED BY GOD"

DINNER WITH DAVE

APOSTOLIC TRADITION

UNITY

THE POPE'S AUTHORITY

THE EUCHARIST

JUMPING IN

WHAT ABOUT MARY?

INFANT BAPTISM

CONVERSION

THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY -- DON NEWVILLE

EARLY YEARS

JOINING THE LUTHERANS

AFRICA AND HOME AGAIN

EWTN AND CHNI

OBJECTIONS OVERCOME

PROBLEMS WITH PROTESTANT TEACHING AND PRACTICE

COMING HOME

"THE LAND WAS BROAD, QUIET, AND PEACEFUL" -- GERALD TRITLE

THE REFORMED TRADITION

BECOMING A PASTOR

COMING TO CONCLUSIONS

A GLORIOUS JOY

PART TWO -- LAY JOURNEYS HOME

THE PRODIGAL COMES HOME -- ROBERT RODGERS

LOVING THE ILLUSION

OFF TO SCHOOL AND THEN LONDON

THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS -- ALMOST

FROM CONFUSION TO ROME

ON TO ZANESVILLE

SEEKING THE ANSWERS TO LIFE'S BASIC QUESTIONS -- DR. EDUARDO J. ECHEVERRIA

EARLY YEARS

L'ABRI FELLOWSHIP

FURTHER STUDIES

EVERYTHING CONVERGING ON ROME

I FOUND MY WAY HOME

HOME AGAIN, THANKS BE TO GOD! -- LYNN NORDHAGEN

LEAVING THE CHURCH THE FIRST TIME

LEAVING THE SECOND TIME

SURPRISED BY TRUTH

HOME AGAIN

GRACE UPON GRACE -- JEFFREY ZIEGLER

EARLY YEARS

ENCOUNTERING EVANGELICALS

CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARD THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLIC TEACHING

COMING TO FAITH

YOU ARE THAT MAN -- MARK CONNELL

SOMETHING TRULY MIRACULOUS

SOLA SCRIPTURA: HUNT OR LUTHER?

MATTHEW 18: OUR LORD'S INSTRUCTION

LIVING OUT THE IMPLICATIONS

HOW I GOT THIS WAY -- CHRIS ROBINSON

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

READING CHURCH HISTORY

EXPLORING CATHOLIC BELIEFS

THE ROLE OF SACRED TRADITION

A CLOSET CATHOLIC

FORGIVENESS AND CONVERSION

A CALL TO UNITY

TALKING ABOUT MY FAITH

WE DO NOT STAND ALONE -- TODD VON KAMPEN

SCENES FROM A JOURNEY

SCENE 1: "WE KNEW WHAT WAS RIGHT"

SCENE 2: ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED?

SCENE 3: "THAT ALL MAY BE ONE"

SCENE 4: THE SURPRISING POPE FROM POLAND

SCENE 5: AMID THE CRUMBLED FORTRESS

OTHER SIMILARITIES

THE EUCHARIST

PRAYER FOR UNITY

AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE -- TIM AND MARY DRAKE

COURTSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT: HER SIDE

COURTSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT: HIS SIDE

MARRIAGE: HER SIDE

MARRIAGE: HIS SIDE

CONVERSION: HER SIDE

CONVERSION: HIS SIDE

NEW LIFE: HER SIDE

NEW LIFE: HIS SIDE

FROM ONE WORLDWIDE CHURCH TO THE TRUE ONE -- DAN SEVERINO

THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD

CHANGES IN THE WCG

MY GROWING INTEREST IN LITURGY

RECONSIDERING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

FINAL STEPS BACK TO THE CHURCH

PREACHING CHRIST CRUCIFIED -- DANIEL ALI

MY ONGOING INTEREST IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

BAPTISM, CONVERSION, AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSAL (CATHOLIC) FAMILY OF GOD -- DR. JEFF SCHWEHM

BECOMING A JW

KATHY'S STORY

DOUBTS AS A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS

JOINING THE LUTHERANS

READING THE CHURCH FATHERS

COMING HOME

A TWENTIETH-CENTURY CENTURION SWEARS ALLEGIANCE TO CHRIST -- MONSIGNOR STUART W. SWETLAND

PRAYING THE HATE OUT OF MY HEART

"WHY DID YOU BECOME CATHOLIC?"

A BORN-AGAIN CONSERVATIVE IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ANSWERS

ENCOUNTER WITH A "PEACE CHURCH"

THE CRUCIBLE OF DOUBT

CONFRONTING CHRISTIANITY'S CLAIMS

DID JESUS REALLY RISE?

THE CHURCH'S TEACHINGS ALL RING TRUE

SENSING THE REAL PRESENCE

THE CHURCH IS A TRUTH-TEACHING THING

ANSWERING THE CALL

FROM EVANGELICAL TO EVANGELICAL CATHOLIC -- JASON SHANKS

THE SCANDAL OF DISUNITY

INVESTIGATING THE REFORMERS

THE CHURCH FATHERS BRING ME HOME

DISCOVERING THE CHURCH OF TODAY

RESOURCES FOR THE JOURNEY HOME

APOLOGETICS

APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

THE CATHOLIC FAITH: FUNDAMENTALS

THE CATHOLIC FAITH: SELECTED OFFICIAL CHURCH DOCUMENTS

THE CATHOLIC FAITH: SURVEYS OF CHURCH TEACHINGS

CELIBACY OF THE CLERGY

CHRISTIAN LIVING

CHURCH FATHERS (SELECTIONS OF TEXTS)

CHURCH HISTORY (WRITTEN BY CATHOLIC HISTORIANS)

CONVERSION TESTIMONIES

ESCHATOLOGY

THE EUCHARIST

FICTION

JUSTIFICATION

LITURGY

MARY AND THE SAINTS

MORAL THEOLOGY

THE PAPACY

PRAYER AND THE ROSARY

THE REFORMATION

SACRAMENTS

SACRAMENTALS, CUSTOMS, AND TRADITIONS

SACRED TRADITION

THE SCRIPTURES AND SCRIPTURE STUDIES

SPIRITUALITIES IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

THE COMING HOME NETWORK INTERNATIONAL

HOW CAN I HELP?

HOW CAN I BECOME A MEMBER?

Updates and Messages

Preamble

THE JOURNEYS OF PROTESTANT CLERGY AND LAITY COMING HOME TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH THE HELP OF THE COMING HOME NETWORK INTERNATIONAL, A LAY APOSTOLATE COMMITTED TO HELPING THEM.

EDITED BY MARCUS GRODI

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Journeys home : the journeys of Protestant clergy and laity
coming home to the Catholic Church, and the Coming Home Network International, a lay apostolate committed to helping them / edited by Marcus C. Grodi. -- 3rd rev. ed.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-9830829-1-0 (alk. paper)
1. Catholics -- Biography.
2. Coming Home Network International.
I. Grodi, Marcus.
BX4651.3.J68 2011
248.2'420922--dc23
[B]
2011023908

Copyright (C) 2005 original edition, (C) 2011 3rd revised edition by
The Coming Home Network International
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture texts quoted
are from the 2nd Catholic edition of the Revised Standard Version
of the Bible, copyright 1965, 1966, 2006 by the Division of Christian
Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in
the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Cover design and page layout of print edition by Jennifer Bitler :
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Where do we begin to thank all the people God has used in our
lives -- especially those He has used to help the Coming Home Network
International become what it is? How do we thank all those who
have helped this book and its revised versions come to fruition?
I can only mention a few, but for all the rest who have been so
caring and faithful, may God bless you for your loving friendship
and encouragement.

First, a thank you to my parents, Daniel (RIP) and Dorothy Grodi,
who not only nurtured me with their love and discipline, but also
have put up with my wandering and too-often-unsettling spiritual
journey.

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