The Coming Home Network International

Many of you who became Catholic at this year's Easter Vigil experienced the joy of being welcomed into the Catholic Church. But even though you made it to this exciting milestone, your journey is far from over -- now you get to truly experience what it's like to live your Christian walk in the grace of the sacramental life!

With the passing of our Holy Father Pope Francis just two days after the Easter Vigil, you've probably already realized that joining the Church really is like joining a family. As a community of Catholic converts from every background imaginable, the Coming Home Network wants to walk with you as your elder brothers and sisters in the faith, to encourage you, to pray for and with you, and to answer any questions you might have along the way.

It can take a lifetime to learn how to live, breathe, pray, and think like a Catholic. Since 1993, we've been accompanying both converts and those exploring the Catholic Faith, helping them to take the next right steps in their relationship with Jesus.

We have tons of free resources to help you along the way!

Our Online Community, developed specifically for converts and those exploring the Catholic Faith, offers multiple weekly opportunities to pray together online, and post questions, prayer requests, and the small victories you experience along the way.

We also have a free newsletter, over 1500 written and video conversion stories from men and women from every background imaginable, and one-on-one pastoral care from our wonderful staff, all of whom are converts to the Catholic Faith like you, and who know what it's like to be new to all of this. And we have special resources and opportunities specifically developed for those of you who come from professional Protestant ministry backgrounds.

We are so excited to meet you and help you take the next right step in your ongoing journey with Jesus Christ!

Free resources for Catholic converts: www.chnetwork.org/

Our Online Community: www.chnetwork.org/community

Specific support for those from Protestant ministry backgrounds: chnetwork.org/vocation-support/

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Every year at the Coming Home Network, we hear from hundreds of people -- including current and former Protestant pastors -- who are seeking to find a home in the Catholic Church.

We provide free resources, one-on-one personal pastoral care, online meetings, and in-person retreats, to make sure you have the support and encouragement you need to take the next right step in your journey of faith.
If you're entering the Catholic Church this Easter, we'd love to walk with you as you continue your journey through Lent, and beyond!

Let us know how we can support you as you prepare to join our Catholic family. And because the journey doesn't end there, we hope to help you through your time adjusting to life as a new Catholic as well.
We know what it's like, because we've been there. We look forward to meeting you!

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We help Protestant pastors who are interested in the Catholic Church, but don't know what to do because of what it might mean for their careers, family, reputation, and a whole host of other concerns. If that's you, we'd love to walk with you! We know what it's like, because we've been there. Please reach out to us and let us know what you need to continue on in your journey with the Lord.

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In the latest episode of On the Journey (ep 158), Matt, Ken, and Kenny pondered the question: What advice would we give to a Protestant getting ready to attend a Catholic Mass for the first time?

Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/hoizaV4QOqw?si=lyXfH...

What advice would YOU give to someone who's expressed interested in Catholicism, but never been to Mass, about what to expect, what to do, and what to look for when they visit?

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The Coming Home Network International

Check out our latest series of On the Journey!

Matt, Ken and Kenny, are discussing what they used to think about the idea of "the Church" back when they were all in their respective Protestant traditions, and how they came to grips with what Catholicism has to say about the word "Church." 

Here's a link to the series: chnetwork.org/category/blog/chnvideos/on-the-journ…

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A special Summer message to our On the Journey family:

Over the Summer, we're taking a short break from recording new episodes while we plan our next big series, which will be all about The Church. Since Ken and Kenny were both Protestant pastors before they became Catholic, we'll talk about how they planned church services, what they meant by the word "church," and what they thought about the fact that there were a whole bunch of people in their towns who went to church, but didn't go to their churches. From there, we'll move on to spend some time looking at what the Catholic Church teaches about, well, the Catholic Church.

In the meantime, be sure to check out some of our other great Coming Home Network content:

Deep in Christ: www.deepinchrist.com/

Insights: chnetwork.org/insights/

Signposts: chnetwork.org/signposts-home/

CHNetwork Presents: www.chnetwork.org/presents

Our written conversion story archive: www.chnetwork.org/story

Also, for those of you who are priests, deacons, or Catholic religious educators, we've just created a brand new brochure which we're offering free to parishes, that lets people who are interested in the Catholic Faith know what free resources we have available for them.

We'll even print up labels for you that you can put on the back of the brochure with info about who to get in touch with at your parish with questions about the Church!

If you'd like us to ship you some of those, send an email to info@chnetwork.org, with the subject line "brochure," and we'll set you up.

Finally, Summer will be done before you know it, and with the start of Fall comes the start of parish OCIA programs to help people into the Church. If you're entering one of those, we want to hear from you, either by email or in our online community, which you can join for free at community.chnetwork.org/.

And if you're helping out with one of those programs at a parish, be sure to let everyone there know that the Coming Home Network was founded to help people like them, and we know what it's like to have a lot of mixed emotions about joining the Catholic Church, because we've been there!

Finally, all these resources are made available to you for FREE because of the generous support of faithful donors, and you can add your gifts to theirs at www.chnetwork.org/compass.

Thanks so much, and have a great Summer!

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Hey all! With Ken and Kenny on pilgrimage this week, instead of an On the Journey, we're sharing this week's episode of The Journey Home, which is a roundtable we recorded with the two of them recently about their testimonies, and the way we try to work with people from ministry backgrounds in other faith traditions who want to become Catholic. It's a fun behind-the-scenes look - check it out! chnetwork.org/journey-home/ken-hensley-and-kenny-b…

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chnetwork.org/campaign/ - We are just over $5,000 raised for our $15K media expansion campaign. Learn more about it here, and join our donors with a gift of any size today. Help us reach more people with the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith.

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"Every conversion to Jesus and His Catholic Church is a miracle… but some conversion stories are so incredible, if you didn’t know they were true you would be tempted to write them off as unrealistic, unbelievable fiction..."



Read more here: chnetwork.org/message

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Hope you've been enjoying our On the Journey series on Mary! We've only got a couple more episodes left- any aspects of Catholic teaching on Mary you'd like to see us cover before it's all said and done?

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