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"I'm
over 21 (by a number of years), was born into a Catholic family in Bedfordshire,
and am the youngest of five children. Faith was an important part of our
family life and in addition to Sunday Mass attendance, bedtime prayers were
part and parcel of my childhood routine. Both my parents were Catholic -
my Mother is from Lancashire, my Father from Poland.
I suppose my faith didn't really become my own until my late teenage years. Going to Church and saying my prayers was something I did, but I wouldn't have said I had a deep personal relationship with Jesus, that came later.
Going to University marked a real turning point in my faith. It was here that I joined a weekly parish prayer group and discovered a fellowship that I'd not found before. The people there were really sincere about their faith. They wanted to learn more about Jesus and the Bible and that rubbed off on me in a powerful way. I began to regularly attend retreats run by a youth movement called Youth 2000. I began to read the Bible on my own. I began to pray more, spending quiet time before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Gradually my Catholic faith and my relationship with Jesus, developed.
To cut a long story short, it's a journey that has lead me here, working as a Team Member at CASE.
Life has not always been easy. My father died when I was six, others dear to me have since died, and members of my own family have been struck down with serious illnesses and tragedies. It hasn't all been plain sailing, but what I can say is that my faith has carried me through these times. My belief in Jesus, in the teachings of the Catholic Church, give me hope. The Sacraments, particularly Confession, gives me peace. The Catholic friends I have are a source of great joy to me.
Hand on heart, I can truly say that my faith......I love it. It brings me deep happiness and fulfilment which I can't find in anything else. Jesus truly is the Light of the World, the Son of God, my Saviour. I want the whole world to know that. Please pray for me and the team here at CASE as we try to help the Church in the task of evangelisation."