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It was the ‘children who started asking questions about faith.’
The Vickers family will enter the Church at the 2024 Easter vigil Mass. (photo: Courtesy photo / Courtesy photo)
MUSKEGON, Mich. — The Vickers family of Michigan will set out on a journey of faith at the Easter vigil Mass while their relatives and friends lend support and prayers.
Dr. Dan Vickers, 50, a radiologist, and his family live in Muskegon, a city on the shore of Lake Michigan, and had been seeking a church home but had not found the right place. “I have a wonderful family and a practice I love. It’s the American dream,” Vickers told the Register. “But something was missing. There was a ‘God hole.’” His wife, Alex, 43, said much the same, adding, “It was my children who started asking questions about faith, and it was my sister who helped us along the way.”
The Vickers and their daughter, Ally, 15, and son, Anderson, 13, considered themselves Christian and had attended various Protestant congregations but had not remained at any. But they will now join the parish of St. Francis de Sales, which other family members attend, in the Diocese of Grand Rapids. They, along with Ally’s boyfriend, will be baptized, and also receive the Eucharist and confirmation, at the liturgy celebrated by their pastor, Father Steve Geerling.
The Vickers family had occasionally attended Christmas liturgies with Alex’s sister, Angie, and her family. Twenty years ago, Angie entered the Church before her marriage. She and her husband, Don Kalisz, will serve as godparents. Angie Kalisz told the Register, “They had been attending once in a while. But I think they were really inspired by the Christmas Mass. They wanted to find a church to call home but didn’t find anything that could settle with them. But then they saw how beautiful the Mass was and wanted to be a part of it.” It was in the fall of 2023, Angie said, that her sister and brother-in-law decided, “This is it; this is what we want to do.” That was when they began the process of the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (formerly RCIA).
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MUSKEGON, Mich. — The Vickers family of Michigan will set out on a journey of faith at the Easter vigil Mass while their relatives and friends lend support and prayers.
Dr. Dan Vickers, 50, a radiologist, and his family live in Muskegon, a city on the shore of Lake Michigan, and had been seeking a church home but had not found the right place. “I have a wonderful family and a practice I love. It’s the American dream,” Vickers told the Register. “But something was missing. There was a ‘God hole.’” His wife, Alex, 43, said much the same, adding, “It was my children who started asking questions about faith, and it was my sister who helped us along the way.”
The Vickers and their daughter, Ally, 15, and son, Anderson, 13, considered themselves Christian and had attended various Protestant congregations but had not remained at any. But they will now join the parish of St. Francis de Sales, which other family members attend, in the Diocese of Grand Rapids. They, along with Ally’s boyfriend, will be baptized, and also receive the Eucharist and confirmation, at the liturgy celebrated by their pastor, Father Steve Geerling.
The Vickers family had occasionally attended Christmas liturgies with Alex’s sister, Angie, and her family. Twenty years ago, Angie entered the Church before her marriage. She and her husband, Don Kalisz, will serve as godparents. Angie Kalisz told the Register, “They had been attending once in a while. But I think they were really inspired by the Christmas Mass. They wanted to find a church to call home but didn’t find anything that could settle with them. But then they saw how beautiful the Mass was and wanted to be a part of it.” It was in the fall of 2023, Angie said, that her sister and brother-in-law decided, “This is it; this is what we want to do.” That was when they began the process of the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (formerly RCIA).
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Becoming Catholic Together: Joining the Church at the Easter Vigil Is a Family Affair in Michigan
It was the ‘children who started asking questions about faith.’
