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Hi, my name is Cheryl Codd, this is my third year serving as the Director of Faith Formation.
A priest I had in college would end every homily: “Let us continue to walk together on this journey, this journey we call life.” Twenty years later this still plays in the back of my head with every spiritual detour my life has taken. There is part of me that could just say, I am a cradle Catholic. There is also a part of me that could easily point to when I owned my Catholic identity at fourteen. However, I have realized that faith is a journey of multiple conversions working to bring us deeper into the heart of God.
My most important vocations right now are wife and mother. I have three boys that you have probably seen around church. At eighteen, this is what I would have envisioned my life to be. Ten years ago, I would have never fathomed that this would be my life. So what are the conversions that have led me here, to this moment of life? I was lost. In the name of justice and rights, I found myself very far from God and very far from home. When the future I planned broke down, it was on my knees in the local Catholic Church where peace settled my soul. I didn’t really know what I believed at the moment; all I knew was that the rhythm of the mass called me home. After a couple years of wandering, both literally and spiritually. I essentially lived out of my car and would stay wherever I wanted while I attended multiple churches and did the Camino de Santiago. I settled in San Diego for an extended stay in 2016.
I met my husband the following year. I was attending mass because it was comforting and an evangelical protestant church for the community. The commitment to Sunday mass became part of our relationship and I slowly became more committed to my Catholic faith. After the birth of our first son, I needed a mom community to help me through matrescence. I became involved in a Walking with Purpose group at St. Therese parish in Del Cerro, this started to fill my need. However, the community was far from where we live in Point Loma. After COVID, we returned to our home parish, St. Agnes, while we were part of the community there, there were not many young families. We soon became parishioners at St. Charles Borromeo and I quickly became part of a small group of moms. This group has seen me through the births of my two younger sons and we have walked this journey we call life together. I continue to enjoy my journey at St Charles Borromeo and I look forward to having you and your children be a part of that journey.
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