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The Long Way Home: A Catholic Return to Faith
🌿 Spring 2026 Pledge Drive Episode with guests Fr. Mark White, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church (Washington, Ga.) and Queen of Angels Catholic Church (Thomason, Ga.) and Jeff Lukich, writer and endurance coach
Father Mark White and his parishioner, Jeff Lukich, share their respective Catholic journeys. Fr. Mark followed his sister from Protestantism, and Jeff returned to Catholicism after 40 years away. Father avidly declares God drew them to the “fullness of the Incarnation” found in Catholicism.
Jeff’s story echoes that of many fallen-away Catholics. Rather than leaving in anger, he drifted away in college. Then life took over, and he became busy pursuing his dreams. Establishing a wonderful career and family, Jeff was fulfilled….yet he felt lost. Today he believes every fallen-away Catholic wants to return, but doesn’t know how. This became the motive for his book, “The Long Way Home: A Catholic Return to Faith,” which is the book he needed when he first felt God calling him back to Catholicism.Â
Acknowledging he felt God’s gentle nudge for about 10 years through Catholic resources like websites or videos, Jeff feels blessed to have found Fr. Mark when he was finally ready to hear God in 2021.
With resources like The Quest, today’s Catholics and seekers are indeed blessed with around-the-clock inspiration for their journeys. Listen as these men point the way Home.
Guest biographies:
Originally from Atlanta, Fr. Mark grew up as a Protestant. He became interested in religion in his 30s and briefly attended an evangelical Christian seminary to learn more. After his sister converted to Catholicism, he felt the tug of something “deep and inexplicably unique” about Catholicism. Father attended seminary for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and was ordained on June 1, 2019. His first assignment was to the Cathedral of Christ the King in Buckhead.
Jeff Lukich is a writer and endurance coach. A graduate of Presbyterian College in South Carolina, he had a career for more than thirty years in public child welfare, retiring in 2018 as chief of staff for Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services. In 2022, Jeff returned to the Catholic Church after forty years away. Jeff and his wife, Mary Beth, live in Georgia, where they stay active in their parish and community.
RESOURCES:
Fr. Mark White’s parishes
Jeff Lukich's website
Father Mark White and his parishioner, Jeff Lukich, share their respective Catholic journeys. Fr. Mark followed his sister from Protestantism, and Jeff returned to Catholicism after 40 years away. Father avidly declares God drew them to the “fullness of the Incarnation” found in Catholicism.
Jeff’s story echoes that of many fallen-away Catholics. Rather than leaving in anger, he drifted away in college. Then life took over, and he became busy pursuing his dreams. Establishing a wonderful career and family, Jeff was fulfilled….yet he felt lost. Today he believes every fallen-away Catholic wants to return, but doesn’t know how. This became the motive for his book, “The Long Way Home: A Catholic Return to Faith,” which is the book he needed when he first felt God calling him back to Catholicism.Â
Acknowledging he felt God’s gentle nudge for about 10 years through Catholic resources like websites or videos, Jeff feels blessed to have found Fr. Mark when he was finally ready to hear God in 2021.
With resources like The Quest, today’s Catholics and seekers are indeed blessed with around-the-clock inspiration for their journeys. Listen as these men point the way Home.
Guest biographies:
Originally from Atlanta, Fr. Mark grew up as a Protestant. He became interested in religion in his 30s and briefly attended an evangelical Christian seminary to learn more. After his sister converted to Catholicism, he felt the tug of something “deep and inexplicably unique” about Catholicism. Father attended seminary for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and was ordained on June 1, 2019. His first assignment was to the Cathedral of Christ the King in Buckhead.
Jeff Lukich is a writer and endurance coach. A graduate of Presbyterian College in South Carolina, he had a career for more than thirty years in public child welfare, retiring in 2018 as chief of staff for Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services. In 2022, Jeff returned to the Catholic Church after forty years away. Jeff and his wife, Mary Beth, live in Georgia, where they stay active in their parish and community.
RESOURCES:
Fr. Mark White’s parishes
Jeff Lukich's website
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By The Quest Atlanta🌿 Spring 2026 Pledge Drive Episode with guests Fr. Mark White, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church (Washington, Ga.) and Queen of Angels Catholic Church (Thomason, Ga.) and Jeff Lukich, writer and endurance coach
Father Mark White and his parishioner, Jeff Lukich, share their respective Catholic journeys. Fr. Mark followed his sister from Protestantism, and Jeff returned to Catholicism after 40 years away. Father avidly declares God drew them to the “fullness of the Incarnation” found in Catholicism.
Jeff’s story echoes that of many fallen-away Catholics. Rather than leaving in anger, he drifted away in college. Then life took over, and he became busy pursuing his dreams. Establishing a wonderful career and family, Jeff was fulfilled….yet he felt lost. Today he believes every fallen-away Catholic wants to return, but doesn’t know how. This became the motive for his book, “The Long Way Home: A Catholic Return to Faith,” which is the book he needed when he first felt God calling him back to Catholicism.Â
Acknowledging he felt God’s gentle nudge for about 10 years through Catholic resources like websites or videos, Jeff feels blessed to have found Fr. Mark when he was finally ready to hear God in 2021.
With resources like The Quest, today’s Catholics and seekers are indeed blessed with around-the-clock inspiration for their journeys. Listen as these men point the way Home.
Guest biographies:
Originally from Atlanta, Fr. Mark grew up as a Protestant. He became interested in religion in his 30s and briefly attended an evangelical Christian seminary to learn more. After his sister converted to Catholicism, he felt the tug of something “deep and inexplicably unique” about Catholicism. Father attended seminary for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and was ordained on June 1, 2019. His first assignment was to the Cathedral of Christ the King in Buckhead.
Jeff Lukich is a writer and endurance coach. A graduate of Presbyterian College in South Carolina, he had a career for more than thirty years in public child welfare, retiring in 2018 as chief of staff for Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services. In 2022, Jeff returned to the Catholic Church after forty years away. Jeff and his wife, Mary Beth, live in Georgia, where they stay active in their parish and community.
RESOURCES:
Fr. Mark White’s parishes
Jeff Lukich's website
Father Mark White and his parishioner, Jeff Lukich, share their respective Catholic journeys. Fr. Mark followed his sister from Protestantism, and Jeff returned to Catholicism after 40 years away. Father avidly declares God drew them to the “fullness of the Incarnation” found in Catholicism.
Jeff’s story echoes that of many fallen-away Catholics. Rather than leaving in anger, he drifted away in college. Then life took over, and he became busy pursuing his dreams. Establishing a wonderful career and family, Jeff was fulfilled….yet he felt lost. Today he believes every fallen-away Catholic wants to return, but doesn’t know how. This became the motive for his book, “The Long Way Home: A Catholic Return to Faith,” which is the book he needed when he first felt God calling him back to Catholicism.Â
Acknowledging he felt God’s gentle nudge for about 10 years through Catholic resources like websites or videos, Jeff feels blessed to have found Fr. Mark when he was finally ready to hear God in 2021.
With resources like The Quest, today’s Catholics and seekers are indeed blessed with around-the-clock inspiration for their journeys. Listen as these men point the way Home.
Guest biographies:
Originally from Atlanta, Fr. Mark grew up as a Protestant. He became interested in religion in his 30s and briefly attended an evangelical Christian seminary to learn more. After his sister converted to Catholicism, he felt the tug of something “deep and inexplicably unique” about Catholicism. Father attended seminary for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and was ordained on June 1, 2019. His first assignment was to the Cathedral of Christ the King in Buckhead.
Jeff Lukich is a writer and endurance coach. A graduate of Presbyterian College in South Carolina, he had a career for more than thirty years in public child welfare, retiring in 2018 as chief of staff for Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services. In 2022, Jeff returned to the Catholic Church after forty years away. Jeff and his wife, Mary Beth, live in Georgia, where they stay active in their parish and community.
RESOURCES:
Fr. Mark White’s parishes
Jeff Lukich's website