This series started as part of the celebration of the Year of Faith in 2012-2013 in the Diocese of Fargo.
The following testimonies are witnesses to the Catholic Faith alive in the diocese. Click on the name (title) to read their testimony.
Read the story of the Bethlehem Community in a two-part series.
Posted: Jan. 21, 2013
After living in "Discipleship Houses" through the 1970s, some, by 1981, had determined to make their commitment to follow Christ together a permanent one. Bethlehem Community became a legal entity.
Posted: Jan. 21, 2013
In 1995, Bishop Sullivan extended an invitation for the Bethlehem Community to make their home in North Dakota. Here is their story of this winter journey of faith.
Posted: Jan. 21, 2013
“I started going to Mass again and fostered a personal relationship with Jesus; I started letting go of my desire to control my life.”
Posted: Jan. 21, 2013
“After twenty years of being in a spiritual dessert, I encountered Christ. Jesus and I met at a Cursillo weekend”
Posted: Jan. 21, 2013
“Trusting in God’s plan for us hasn’t always been easy. Through our faith we are coming to realize that everything happens for a reason,—in God’s time”
Posted: Jan. 21, 2013
“My husband Bo and I had really worked on our marriage formation. But the hardest part of the formation was praying together.”
Posted: Jan. 21, 2013
“Looking back over nearly seventy years, I can see clearly what a difference faith makes over a lifetime.”
Posted: Nov. 27, 2012
“I have thanked my Baptist friend many times for challenging me that day.”
Posted: Nov. 27, 2012
“Twenty years after Jack and Barb Carson left the Catholic Church, Blessed Pope John Paul II drew them back as he was on his deathbed. Their journey for the fullness of truth followed a long, winding path.”
Posted: Nov. 27, 2012
“I am a cradle catholic, raised in the faith since infancy and I have never fallen away from practicing it. I am grateful to share my own story in hopes that you may realize that God works in ‘non-glamorous’ ways too.”
Posted: Nov. 27, 2012
“I was intrigued by this church and as I sat through Mass, I formulated numerous questions to ask my friend for I was puzzled by its mysteriousness.”
Posted: Nov. 27, 2012
“As life-long Lutherans, we were searching for a Bible-based church and would never consider the Catholic church. But less than three years later, we were Confirmed into the Catholic Church after much prayer and seeking.”
Posted: Nov. 27, 2012
“I was amazed. Every time a caller called in with a question about Catholic teaching, John would take them to where in Scripture they could find that doctrine, dogma, custom or discipline. I was shocked. And hooked.”
Posted: Oct. 15, 2012
“There comes a moment when children will examine the truths they’ve inherited from their parents, and determine whether what they've been taught is consistent with their longings, their experiences, their vision of happiness ...”
Posted: Oct. 15, 2012
“It hasn't been easy but God provides the grace to face every hurdle ...”
Posted: Oct. 15, 2012
“I first began to fall in love with Jesus and His family, the Church, at home with my parents and siblings ...”
Posted: Oct. 15, 2012
“By the age of 32, I was completely alone and had lost everything that ever meant anything to me ...”