Why I Became Catholic: A Timeless Conversion StoryOriginally written as a personal testimony to his own children on why he became a Catholic, this is a thoughtful and timeless conversion story of Sir Joseph Pope written during the early part of the 20th century. Born in 1854 to a family renowned for distinguished service to the Canadian government, Joseph carried on the family tradition as a highly regarded civil servant. Like St. Thomas More, Pope was held in high esteem as a public servant, and he enjoyed the total confidence of prime ministers and governors, all whom sought his advice. He was a prolific author of some two dozen books and pamphlets, including the official biographies of major Canadian historical figures. Amidst this busy public life, Sir Joseph Pope developed a profound spiritual life and a mind always hungry for eternal truth. Raised in a nominal Anglican family, his persistent and courageous search for the fullness of truth and grace finally led him home to the Catholic Church. |
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... called for advice by any governor general newly arrived from England . Rarely if ever since then has one man in the Canadian public service been in a position calling for so much tact , judgement , discretion and personal ...
... called the Sacrament ' , i.e. , Holy Communion , but to this service I was not admitted and am , therefore , spared the necessity of saying anything about it . Connected with St. Paul's Church was a Sunday school , which I attended ...
... called at my father's house , and the whole lot of us were baptized without , so far as I can remember , preliminary instruction of any sort or kind . All I recollect of the ceremony is that it was performed by aspersion , on the first ...
... called a college ( in reality , only a grammar school ) before I was sixteen , it may be surmised that my educational equipment was of the slightest . My library , which I carried in my portmanteau , consisted of a Bible , two or three ...
... called , and with the special brand of cowardice besides , of which no man can accuse Bonner . Latimer's coarseness and profanity are not left to conjecture nor to the bias of partisans . He has given ample proof of them under his own ...