Good Conversion Books for Ordinary People

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I would like any suggestions on books to read on Catholic conversion stories, etc. My family is in the process of converting to the Catholic church and have started RCIA classes. I find that conversion stories help to keep our motivations high and keep us on the prize of becoming a Catholic.

We are avid viewers of EWTN, and have read books by Scott Hahn, George Weigel, Deal Hudson, Jeff Cavins and Rosalind Moss, among others. Sometimes we find the books are so complex and are written for people that have theology degrees! Although my wife and I both have masters degrees, I find myself needing to referring to a dictionary when I read some of these books! Are there any books written for normal, ordinary people that believe the Catholic church is the best place for their family? We also subscribe to numerous Catholic magazines such as This Rock, Envoy and Faith & Family.

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Corry Sheffler
 
Damascus Road feature in This Rock is my favorite part of the magazine. Converted friends of mine have opened my eyes to my faith more than just about anyone else.

You mentioned you read Scott Hahn. Have you read “Home, Sweet Rome?” I’ve heard good things, and am in the process of getting a copy. I’ve found Hahn to be pretty easy to understand.
 
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You mentioned you read Scott Hahn. Have you read “Home, Sweet Rome?” I’ve heard good things, and am in the process of getting a copy. I’ve found Hahn to be pretty easy to understand.
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That’s Rome Sweet Home. It’s a speed-read, a nonstop page-turner written at a level anybody can understand. Kimberly’s chapter on contraception changes lives!
 
I also love conversion stories. You may have read all these, but these are the best conversion books I know of:

Rome Sweet Home
amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0898704782/qid=1095435592/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-5876122-7665658?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Surprised By Truth 1, 2 and 3
amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=dp_searchBox_1/002-5876122-7665658?url=index%3Dbooks%26dispatch%3Dsearch%26results-process%3Dbin&field-keywords=surprised+by+truth

Prodigal Daughters
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898707323/qid=1095435860/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-5876122-7665658

Journeys Home
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1579180019/qid%3D1095440256/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-5876122-7665658

Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic
amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/089870569X/qid=1095440365/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5876122-7665658?v=glance&s=books

My Life On the Rock
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0965922839/qid=1095440446/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-5876122-7665658

Crossing The Tiber
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898705770/qid%3D1095440518/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-5876122-7665658

There We Stood, Here We Stand
amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0759613206/ref=pd_sbs_b_1/002-5876122-7665658?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance
 
It’s not a book, but you can go online to EWTN’s “The Journey Home” and listen to all the past interviews with converts – most of them clergy: all of them remarkable!
 
The books that Fidelis listed are just the ones I would have suggested. However, in the interests of supporting a Catholic publisher, I would suggest Ignatius Press instead of Amazon.com. Their website is: www.ignatius.com
 
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The books that Fidelis listed are just the ones I would have suggested. However, in the interests of supporting a Catholic publisher, I would suggest Ignatius Press instead of Amazon.com. Their website is: www.ignatius.com
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Not all these books listed above are published by Ignatius, but I wholeheartedly agree that we should support Catholic publishers and bookstores first and whenever possible. I provided the amazon links for information only (and to avoid going to the webpage of each publisher!). 🙂
 
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I would like any suggestions on books to read on Catholic conversion stories, etc. My family is in the process of converting to the Catholic church and have started RCIA classes. I find that conversion stories help to keep our motivations high and keep us on the prize of becoming a Catholic.

We are avid viewers of EWTN, and have read books by Scott Hahn, George Weigel, Deal Hudson, Jeff Cavins and Rosalind Moss, among others. Sometimes we find the books are so complex and are written for people that have theology degrees! Although my wife and I both have masters degrees, I find myself needing to referring to a dictionary when I read some of these books! Are there any books written for normal, ordinary people that believe the Catholic church is the best place for their family? We also subscribe to numerous Catholic magazines such as This Rock, Envoy and Faith & Family.

Thanks,

Corry Sheffler
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This is not a book but EWTN’s site has all the past shows of the Journey home. You can listen to them all.
 
I would recommend When Only One Converts edited by Lynn Nordhagen. Although this book focuses on situation where only one spouse converts, it can be very inspirational. Otherwise, any of the Surprised by Truth books by Patrick Madrid are worthwhile.
 
If you stumble upon “the Road to Damascus” edited by John A. O’Brien, by Image Books, that book is enjoyable. My copy is from the fifties, however. I like stories that don’t just reiterate a biblical basis, like talking about Peter being the rock. I like to know what makes the convert tick as a person. The Prodigal Daughters book that another poster mentioned was nice as well. It has a different feel from the Suprised by Truth series.
 
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