{"id":101214,"date":"2026-07-28T19:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101214"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:49:18","slug":"becoming-catholic-at-98-world-war-ii-veteran-joins-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/becoming-catholic-at-98-world-war-ii-veteran-joins-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"98\u6b73\u3067\u30ab\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u306b\u5165\u4fe1\uff1a\u7b2c\u4e8c\u6b21\u4e16\u754c\u5927\u6226\u306e\u9000\u5f79\u8ecd\u4eba\u304c\u6559\u4f1a\u306e\u4e00\u54e1\u306b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A World War II Army veteran, Raymond \u201cRay\u201d Martin Sr., has joined the Catholic Church at 98 years old.Before finding his way to the Church in Tuscan, Arizona, Martin served in Okinawa, Japan, and in the Philippines; he then spent 27 years as a police officer in Illinois.Martin\u2019s connection to Catholicism began with his late wife, Ann Marie.When Deacon Jacinto \u201cJack\u201d Trevino, a hospice chaplain and parochial associate at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in the Diocese of Tuscan, met with\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\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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