I had left the Catholic Church and was never going back.Find out what changed
I was raised Catholic, but we never talked about our faith so I didn’t think about it much. By college, I was seeking for meaning and truth and wondering if God is real. After encountering Evangelical Christians joyfully living out their faith, I fell in love with Jesus. I gave my life to Christ and was saved! I quickly became an on-fire Christian and left the Catholic Church. The Church had failed me. How could I have grown up Catholic and not known the gospel? I was angry and was never going back.
But a question posed by a Catholic friend caused me to rethink everything: “Do you think Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist?” What does that mean? What had I left? I knew immediately that God was calling me back to the Catholic Church. This was not my plan—I wanted nothing to do with it. But God was patient, and after much doubt, confusion, and searching for the truth, I discovered that the Catholic Church was the one Church Jesus started 2,000 years ago. I had to rejoin that Church. My salvation was at stake.
To hear more, check out my full conversion story on the Catholic Recon podcast.
Aaron Althoff has been working in commercial real estate for over a decade but his passion is theology and apologetics. After deep study that led to his return to the Catholic Church in 2019, he went on to receive a Master of Theology degree from the Augustine Institute. Althoff lives in Minnesota with his wife and four boys.