tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387272522323350808.post959110887643589332..comments2023-09-26T00:30:43.205-07:00Comments on Urban Missionaries of the Heart of Christ: Reflections on Evangelization, II: Spiritual Growth through EvangelizationScott Woltzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13112547391607836919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387272522323350808.post-91877775909680192392015-02-23T15:39:33.378-08:002015-02-23T15:39:33.378-08:00My dad got married again, left the criminal life ...My dad got married again, left the criminal life behind, started the first Volvo dealership in Sacramento and lived a full life until he died several years ago.<br /><br />We remained close until his death and I was at his bedside when he passed.David H. Lukenbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180602208280066862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387272522323350808.post-36014782978176745822015-02-23T12:24:48.264-08:002015-02-23T12:24:48.264-08:00Thanks, I just read your story. Fascinating. The...Thanks, I just read your story. Fascinating. There are many similarities between our stories: a brief but real conversion behind bars, an attraction to the existentialists for a while, we saw crime as a thrilling, superior alternative to regular life, etc. I did wonder what happened to your Dad, and prison was more brutal in your day (though some of the ethnic gang activity in recent decades can be a mess). Thanks again.Scott Woltzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13112547391607836919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387272522323350808.post-17003392621344215642015-02-23T09:06:02.873-08:002015-02-23T09:06:02.873-08:00Well, my 12 years was in three stretches, whereas ...Well, my 12 years was in three stretches, whereas yours was straight.<br /><br />Wow, you’re right, and though I have published my conversion story in my first book—the first forty pages of The Criminal’s Search for God—I have not published it online, so I’ve remedied that oversight and it is now posted on my blog, The Catholic Eye, at https://catholiceye.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/my-conversion-story/ <br /><br />Take care, and have you ever read the book, The Soul of the Apostolate by Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard O.C.S.O…powerful.<br /><br />David<br />David H. Lukenbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180602208280066862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387272522323350808.post-75240046798035683912015-02-22T22:06:06.156-08:002015-02-22T22:06:06.156-08:00Thanks for sharing more of your story. I don'...Thanks for sharing more of your story. I don't think I've ever seen your conversion story posted any where. Did I miss it? I know of a few Catholics with fascinating stories who have blogs or ministries but they haven't shared their full stories (they just drop bits here and there). I guess I'll have to wait till I get to Heaven to see how grace unfolded in their lives.<br /><br />BTW, you're a better man than me. If I did 12 years in the joint, I probably would have ended up back inside. Scott Woltzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13112547391607836919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387272522323350808.post-71848560793182251282015-02-22T18:22:50.359-08:002015-02-22T18:22:50.359-08:00You have broken through to the true heart of your ...You have broken through to the true heart of your apostolate, where you realize the work is for God, and that magnificent cause cannot be belittled by anything the world can put up against it.<br />I went through a similar experience in that when I began my apostolate work it came after thirty years of living in my community as a member of a prominent family, sitting on several public commissions and boards of directors, with virtually no one but my immediate family knowing of my past as a professional criminal who had served twelve years in maximum security prisons.<br />Once I began my apostolate, everyone soon learned, and I went through a dark period wondering if I had done the right thing and maybe it was better to live with the burden of my past hidden.<br />Then I broke through and realized that this was the work I was meant to do, as a Catholic and as a person.<br />Continued blessings on your work Scott.<br />David H. Lukenbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180602208280066862noreply@blogger.com