Susan Timoney, the associate dean for undergraduate studies in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America who helps teach in the RCIA program at St. Peter Parish on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., noted, “People come to the Lord because of friends, neighbors and family, and the grassroots work of the Church, and this is the proof.”
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Describing what it meant to her to see the witness of faith of the crowd of people preparing to become full members of the Catholic Church, Timoney said, “They’re such a sign of hope, particularly in these difficult days for the Church, because people are still encountering Jesus in the Church and choosing to come to the Church..."
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