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Why I’m Catholic, by Dr. R. Jared Staudt – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Why I’m Catholic, by Dr. R. Jared Staudt

The Passion and Triumph of John, by Joannie Watson

August 29, 2025

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By Dr. R. Jared Staudt, Catholic World Report, Aug. 28, 2025

R. Jared Staudt PhD, serves as Director of Content for Exodus 90 and as an instructor for the lay division of St. John Vianney Seminary. He is author of Words Made Flesh: The Sacramental Mission of Catholic Education (CUA Press, 2024), How the Eucharist Can Save Civilization (TAN), Restoring Humanity: Essays on the Evangelization of Culture (Divine Providence Press) and The Beer Option (Angelico Press), as well as editor of Renewing Catholic Schools: How to Regain a Catholic Vision in a Secular Age (Catholic Education Press). He and his wife Anne have six children and he is a Benedictine oblate.

(Dr. Staudt’s column is syndicated by the Denver Catholic, the official publication of the Archdiocese of Denver.)

Despite hardships, I have always felt at home in the Church, and would answer any difficulty along with Peter, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68).

St. Paul certainly could not boast about his conversion. He didn’t read his way into the Church. He wasn’t compelled by the witness of charity. He was knocked off his proverbial horse on the way to lock up Christians in prison. It was grace.

At the age of 13, I had my own “Road to Damascus” experience. I grew up a non-practicing Catholic, having been baptized (somehow) and receiving my First Communion only after the third attempt for failing to come to enough classes. But then I was expelled from the public school in seventh grade for bringing a scouting knife in my backpack. My mother desperately sought another school for me, and only our last resort worked: Holy Name of Jesus parochial school. …

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Why I’m Catholic, by Dr. R. Jared Staudt

The Passion and Triumph of John, by Joannie Watson

Saint of the Day for August 30: St. Jeanne Jugan

By Dr. R. Jared Staudt, Catholic World Report, Aug. 28, 2025

Despite hardships, I have always felt at home in the Church, and would answer any difficulty along with Peter, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68).

St. Paul certainly could not boast about his conversion. He didn’t read his way into the Church. He wasn’t compelled by the witness of charity. He was knocked off his proverbial horse on the way to lock up Christians in prison. It was grace.

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