Tag: Catholic convert

After thinking about the big questions in life, Christopher's curiosity about truth led him to the Catholic Church.

Over 20,000 catechumens in France are expected to be baptised during the Easter Vigil, marking a 20 per cent increase compared to baptisms in 2025.

In a record for the Diocese of Richmond, 900 people will be baptised, receive the Eucharist, and be confirmed into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil Masses on 4 April.

This is the edited text of the Homily for the Paschal Eucharist, Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year C), St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 25 May 2025.

Should we steer away from celebrating those celebrities who convert to Christianity for fear that their newfound faith may be corrupted by fame and lead their followers astray the next time they veer off the straight and narrow?

Careena Craven grew up in a household where faith was an unwelcome stranger. Now she's preparing to become a leader in her parish

It’s been a long road from atheist to evangelist but one that saved Bruce Missen’s life. With a young family and promising career in law enforcement ahead of him, the Revesby father-of-two had the world at his feet, until the unthinkable happened.

While it was Fr Stephen Hill who introduced his parents to the Catholic Church, it was they who made the decision to enter it. The parish administrator of St Joseph’s Newtown, also home to the parish of St Bede the Venerable which ministers to members of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, confirmed Joy and Darryl Hill on Easter Sunday as they were received into the full communion of the Catholic Church.

In this series, readers share their stories about what led them to join the Catholic Church. If you have a story to tell, why...