Christian Brewer is newly married to his wife Erna. They live in Pleasant Hill. Christian works as a Physical Therapy assistant. He chose the confirmation name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.
Josh LaHommedieu and his wife have a beautiful 3 year old daughter, Sarah, who was baptized at the Easter Vigil with her dad. Josh grew up with no church and has loved discovering the treasures of Catholicism. Josh works as a refinery operator at Chevron.
Jaffe Leffler: Jaffe and her husband Brian are the parents of three children, two girls and a boy. She somehow missed Confirmation in high school, but she has rediscovered the meaning of faith in her life.
Chantal Levy is a cradle Catholic who missed out on Confirmation because of family moves. She is a dedicated Catholic woman who works in the medical field and lives in Pleasant Hill.
Kim Maher grew up as a Christian in another denomination but has found her home in the Catholic Church. She and her husband Vince are the proud parents of a five-year-old CTK Student, Mason.
Ana and Tesa Manto are twins who missed out on Confirmation in High School but are celebrating their Confirmation with us at CTK.
Alana Montano is the mother of two beautiful daughters who are CTK School students. In the process of preparing her daughter for First Communion, Alana decided that she needed to know more as well. She is joyful at her adoption into the Catholic family at CTK. Alana works as a private investigator.
Danielle Spangler grew up without a religious community, but an interest in spirituality. She is a licensed clinical psychologist. She and her husband started their family last year with the birth of their daughter Penelope.
Stacy York is another CTK School mom who found her way to the church through her children's sacramental preparation. The more Stacy learned, the more she wanted to know, and now she's a fully initiated Catholic. Stacy and her husband Chris have three daughters.
Jon Paynter, baptized in the Episcopalian church, was married to a devout Catholic and went to church with her for four decades before her death. While walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding in the Catholic church, he decided to be fully received into the Church where he truly belongs.
Across the nation, around 37,000 people were welcomed into the Catholic church this year. It reminds us that it is never too late to grow and develop closer to the Lord and to the church in living a spiritual life. Pope Francis said, “Jesus entered the tomb of our sin; he descended to those depths where we feel most lost; he wove his way through the tangles of our fears, bore the weight of our burdens and from the dark abyss of death restored us to life and turned our mourning into joy.”
Fr. Paulson
