As for our personal lives, we are expecting baby no. 2. And our lives are ordered: God, spouse, children. That’s our life. Constantly growing in prayer. Learning charity. Practicing love. It’s truly the best life.

As chaplaincy leader, I strive to be a witness to Christ and facilitate an encounter for staff and students. My 'yes' to the Lord emerged once I realized how much He has done for me and how relentless He is in pursing me!

Shortly after this transformative encounter in the Sacrament of confession, I received a phone call from Franciscan University of Steubenville. Fr. Michael Scanlan, a priest at the University had come across my application and felt that the Lord was calling me to Steubenville.

Do I have it all together? Heck no, not even close. However, the fact that the Lord, silence, and wonderful friends helped bring this to my attention, I am so grateful.

The mercy the Lord has shown to me for all the sins I have committed has turned my “heart of stone into a heart of flesh”. Though I could never make right all the wrongs I have done, He still finds me a son worth loving and a tool worth using.

I believe that my vocation was born in the midst of a very tragic moment of my life. On April 29, 2005 at 15 years of age, in Port-au-Prince Haiti, the reality of my mom being abducted and held for ransom for three days hit me like a ton of bricks.

Mother Teresa’s work with babies is what inspired me to pursue a career in nursing in which I would be working closely with babies. I knew from the moment I started nursing school that I wanted to work in maternity.

You can also choose to invite Jesus to be at the center of your life, and I firmly believe that your life will never be the same. It will be far greater than you could ever ask for or imagine!

I don't know why, but God picked me. Through a few key moments and people, He "blinded" me from my selfish and immature ways and adjusted my focus towards Him. Once He had my attention, I was all His.

I went to World Youth Day Sydney when I was 16 and it was a truly profound experience for me in growing in my love and knowledge of my faith. But when I was there, at the final night vigil, I asked God what He wanted of me. And He told me deep in my heart that He wanted me to be His priest.

Fast forward to now, I am discerning a call to the diocesan priesthood, which fills me up with peace and joy. I look forward to continuing this journey with the Lord and building an everlasting relationship. Jesus will guide us to the path of eternity, as we take a step forward and reach out to Him.

Hello Friends! We Are Rob And Katie McGaver From Wisconsin! Six Years Ago Our Cute Social Media Introduction Would Tell Of How We Were Cradle Catholics & High School Sweethearts, Blessed To Be Raising Beautiful Boys, Working In Fulfilling Careers, Living In A Loving Home With An Adorable Pup Surrounded By Family And A Wonderful Parish Community!

And the overall greatest gift was that I met my husband as a teen in the youth group! We went to different high schools, but we became best friends. Finally, in our Senior Year, he asked me out. This past June in 2020 we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary! And now we are the parents of a Senior!

During my first profession of vows kneeling before the altar with my right hand on the Bible and my left hand over my heart, I felt the Lord handing my offering back to me along with a promise that we would give these gifts of creativity to the world together in my vocation as a Daughter of St. Paul.

I asked Him, “What can I do for you?” He pulled together all the memories of listening to these people and communicated to me that there was a reason I had those longings to hear those stories. He was asking me to share them. And in what better way than a podcast? The very way I first began to know Him.

My journey has been long and it is by no means over. I’m still growing and learning. If there is one thing I would tell my fellow Catholics, it’s to never be afraid to share your Catholic faith. We are a world that is starving for truth and goodness, as Catholics it is our duty to share that.

I really struggled to believe deep down that God truly loved me. I carried on in my shame and hiding until one day, when sitting down to write a song, I felt the Lord give me the words to say: “And I will let it go. And I won’t care to show. Who I am is who You love. And I am overjoyed.” Upon singing these words, I just began to weep. Not because I was sad, but because I believed it for the first time. I was loved.

During one retreat with the Sisters, I came to the Lord with a prayer that expressed the deepest desires in me: “Lord, I want to know Your love in the depths of my bones.” And He did it. He broke the veil in my heart and I had a new and deep sense of His love and presence that reminded me of the way I had first encountered Him in the confessional a decade before.