{"id":141,"date":"2016-12-17T21:49:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T01:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2020-07-27T21:52:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T01:52:56","slug":"faith-journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/faith-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By God&#8217;s grace, I\u00a0came to know Jesus when I was in college at Penn State University and that led to my baptism in the Catholic Church when I was 21 years old. \u00a0I had been an unbaptized atheist prior to that.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a concise version of my conversion and vocation in two blogs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part I: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/my-calling-to-be-a-benedictine\/\">Conversion to Vocation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Part II: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/my-calling-to-be-a-benedictine-part-ii\/\">Vocation to be a Benedictine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My faith journey told on the Journey Home with Marcus Grodi (July 27, 2020):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSOixs-tUpU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PL97DC29A06F85B07E\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>My friend Dave Sao did a little video about me several years ago:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ETkfM65doUs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A lengthier (hour-long) testimony about my\u00a0life is available for order through Magnificant Greensburg <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnificatgreensburg.com\/id28.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/fatherboniface.org\/sound\/2014-10-covington-priest-retreat-on-st-joseph\/2014-10-09%20FrBoniface%20Homily%20on%20St%20John%20Leonardi%20and%20Conversion.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homily<\/a> given as part\u00a0of a retreat for priests of the Covington Diocese, I included a 10-minute account of my conversion (after a 4-minute introduction).<\/p>\n<p>I gave another little chapter from my journey, focusing on my first encounter with God in this <a href=\"http:\/\/fatherboniface.org\/sound\/2016-06-10%20Charismatic%20Retreat%20-%20Face%20Of%20Mercy\/20160611%204-Conf%20Stripped%20Of%20Blindness%20Of%20Human%20Security.m4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retreat conference<\/a> given at the Charismatic retreat at St Vincent in 2016:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-141-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/fatherboniface.org\/sound\/2016-06-10%20Charismatic%20Retreat%20-%20Face%20Of%20Mercy\/20160611%204-Conf%20Stripped%20Of%20Blindness%20Of%20Human%20Security.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/fatherboniface.org\/sound\/2016-06-10%20Charismatic%20Retreat%20-%20Face%20Of%20Mercy\/20160611%204-Conf%20Stripped%20Of%20Blindness%20Of%20Human%20Security.m4a\">http:\/\/fatherboniface.org\/sound\/2016-06-10%20Charismatic%20Retreat%20-%20Face%20Of%20Mercy\/20160611%204-Conf%20Stripped%20Of%20Blindness%20Of%20Human%20Security.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Let us pray that more men and women might come to know Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By God&#8217;s grace, I\u00a0came to know Jesus when I was in college at Penn State University and that led to my baptism in the Catholic Church when I was 21 years old. \u00a0I had been an unbaptized atheist prior to that. I wrote a concise version of my conversion and vocation in two blogs: Part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7bfMR-2h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10726,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/books-and-articles\/e90-accompaniment-00-intro\/","url_meta":{"origin":141,"position":0},"title":"Accompaniment: Introducing my contribution","author":"Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.","date":"August 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Written for Exodus 90 in 2023, as part of a series of ten reflections on the art of accompaniment. In the Benedictine, monastic tradition, there is a strong emphasis on accompaniment. Monks learn to be monks from other monks. 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