The last convert you posted about didn't stay Catholic for long. Fr. Richtsteig's conversion story fits right in with the "Journey Home" program's other featured "converts" - "fringe member (or non-member) starts out illiterate and ignorant of his/her own confession, who gain publicity and fame on EWTN by making a public(ized) conversion to Catholicism." My favorite one of these was the tale of Presbyterian/Pentecostal/Baptist multiple-church-splitting Donut Repair Man, who's decades-old evangelical toddler kids' program is getting syndication checks from EWTN after going off the air on evangelical stations more than a decade ago. Who'd a thunk he's convert? Wot a ko-inky-dink!
I can't wait to hear what my LDS friends think of this one.
I can assure you that Fr. Richtsteig is very much still a Catholic, since I assisted at Mass at his parish in Utah 3 months ago.
I don’t understand why you seem to viciously attack Father’s faith journey. Could you not have shown some respect and perhaps left your cynicism of Catholicism or perhaps your general cynical malaise elsewhere...even for a moment. There was no need for such an acerbic vent except to perhaps express hatred of Father’s faith.
As we like to say, better an active Catholic than an inactive Mormon!
He converted his MORMON mother and grandmother. They were obviously more steeped in Mormonism than Fr. Richtsteig.
I say it is a wonderful thing when Mormons convert to Christianity....and Roman Catholicism is Christian IMO (although I would assume many man-made doctrines have slipped into practice as they have in all religions, since all religions have men who interfere - - we are all sinners, even the men who lead churches.)
Just so you know, the Donut man’s programs were on EWTN before he became a Catholic.
Thank you Alex for sharing Fr. Erik J. Richtsteig journey it is always good when one is earnestly seeking the Lord.