Atheist turned Catholic priest, Fr Sam Fancourt, shares some observations he's made in his first five years as a Catholic cleric. He also touches on his dealings with Jessica Van Leeuwen, a young mother of six, who sadly lost her life after battling brain cancer.

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More on Jessica Van Leeuwen -

https://opusdei.org/en-nz/article/embracing-the-cross-of-cancer-jessica-ven-leeuwen/

Margaret has ten children. Tragically three have died, two from abortion and one from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Heartache led her to gambling on poker machines. Due to her addiction she and her family had to sell their home. Her gambling continued and they lost a second home. In desperation she turned to the Logos, to Christ, in the Eucharist. After persistent prayer, in tears, things began to change. 

THIS EPISODE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE 27TH JUNE. Mark Tonga made his way up in the underworld of south-west Sydney and became a trusted person. Later, when he tried to break free from this life of crime, his contacts kept on offering him opportunities. Then one day, a simple drill at rugby training went wrong and Mark was left quadriplegic. While he was in an induced coma due to the injuries caused by the accident, he had an encounter with Jesus Christ that changed his life forever.

Desmond Kon was dead for close to 30 minutes before being resuscitated. During this short period of bodily death, Desmond had a ‘Near Death

In Season 1 Episode 9, Choosing not to hit rock bottom, Rohan Viswalingham shared how, through Buddhist meditation retreats, reading books and some lifestyle changes, he was able to preserve his life. He was then drawn to the Logos and was baptised as a Catholic Christian. But a 'piece to the puzzle of life' was still missing for Rohan, until one day, something 'trippy' happened, on a silent retreat, while participating in the Way of the Cross.

Our guest from Episode 5, The Banking Executive and The Demon, Eddy Borovnjak, passed away recently from cancer. He was young and leaves behind a young family. In the interview from episode 5 we only got halfway through his story. Here is the second half of his journey to the Logos. We start with a brief summary from episode 5. In this episode, Eddy talks about things that were revealed to him about the state of the universe, God, good and evil, judgement, blissful joy and love, the Logos, the rosary as a weapon, and life after death.

After coming to the conclusion that his life was hopeless in his early 20s, Rohan became a hedonist. He focused on flooding his body with sex, drugs and alcohol. But he realised he was on a bad trajectory when he woke up one morning, not at home, but at ABC News, his place of work, after another big night out. Something had to change...

My mum, Julie James, was a very troubled teenager. One night some of her friends forced the drug LSD into her mouth and she began to have hallucinations of hell. The next morning she wanted to end her life but a prayer said in desperation was her first step in a 50 year journey filled with sacrificial love, joy and peace.

Daniel Skinner is a student studying philosophy at the University of Notre Dame in Sydney, Australia. For a few of his teenage years he was a fired up new atheist and nihilist. But one day he was listening to the Joe Rogan Experience where Rogan interviewed Jordan Peterson who said 'nihilism is cowardice'. This, amongst other things, threw Dan into an existential crisis.