u/eyre-bear

I’m returning to school after taking a break for personal reasons, and the interdisciplinary studies program at LUO is the best way for me to transfer over my old credits. I’m curious about the biblical and education studies courses because religious education aligns with some of my future plans, but I’m worried it will be heavily Protestant or anti-Catholic. Is there anyone currently in that program that can give me some insight?

This post might be trite but I love our Lord so much and I love the gift of His church given to us. About three years ago, I (24F) started going to my family’s southern Baptist church and that was the first time in my life I started to get serious about being a Christian and wanting to follow Jesus. In His Grace, He brought me closer to Himself and led me through some hard seasons. About a year ago, I started to feel that I wanted to live fully for Him alone in a literal sense, like the example set by those in religious life, but Protestants don’t really offer any real or meaningful way to do that. I started looking into why they don’t and why Catholics do, and the more I learned about Catholicism, the more I wanted to join. The miracle of the Eucharist is so beautiful, Jesus loves us enough to be with us at mass, and He directly gifted us the Catholic church. I’m currently in the process of converting and I’ve never felt closer to God. He really has captured my heart.