{"id":102681,"date":"2026-08-30T05:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102681"},"modified":"2026-08-30T05:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:45:10","slug":"harvard-chaplain-discusses-record-breaking-number-of-conversions-at-the-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/harvard-chaplain-discusses-record-breaking-number-of-conversions-at-the-university\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0642\u0633 \u0647\u0627\u0631\u0641\u0627\u0631\u062f \u064a\u0646\u0627\u0642\u0634 \u0639\u062f\u062f\u064b\u0627 \u00ab\u0642\u064a\u0627\u0633\u064a\u064b\u0627\u00bb \u0645\u0646 \u062d\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062d\u0648\u0644 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>This past spring, a record 85 people became Catholic at St. Paul\u2019s Catholic Church across the street from Harvard University, and 45 of those were Harvard students or faculty.This year, 65 have registered so far, which is keeping apace with last year\u2019s \u201cdramatic increase\u201d in conversions, Father Nathaniel Sanders, the undergraduate chaplain at Harvard, told EWTN News.Last year\u2019s group, which came from both the Harvard Catholic Center and St. Paul\u2019s, was the \u201clargest class of people becoming Catholic in our\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past spring, a record 85 people became Catholic at St. Paul\u2019s Catholic Church across the street from Harvard University, and 45 of those were Harvard students or faculty.This year, 65 have registered so far, which is keeping apace with last year\u2019s \u201cdramatic increase\u201d in conversions, Father Nathaniel Sanders, the undergraduate chaplain at Harvard, told EWTN News.Last year\u2019s group, which came from both the Harvard Catholic Center and St. Paul\u2019s, was the \u201clargest class of people becoming Catholic in our\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78196,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/pope-appoints-catholic-harvard-professor-to-vatican-social-sciences-academy\/","url_meta":{"origin":102681,"position":0},"title":"Pope appoints Catholic Harvard professor to Vatican social sciences academy","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0633 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV has appointed a Harvard University epidemiology professor and director of the Human Flourishing Program to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.Tyler J. 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