Loving Father to Prodigal Daughter: ‘First, We Go to Confesssion’

This is very inspiring conversion story. One need not be a beautiful model to identify with Leah Darrow. Nor does one need to be a young woman. Her story is for every fallen away Catholic, especially the young who are living in sin or frequently falling. Her story is for Catholic parents, as well, who are suffering and praying for their wayward sons and daughters, even those who, as children, used to say the family Rosary.

Rediscover, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: Leah Darrow, a speaker at the 2014 Rediscover: Catholic Celebration this October, shares her journey back to the Church

After walking out of a modeling shoot for an international magazine, Leah Darrow, former contestant on “America’s Next Top Model,” walked to her apartment in New York City, called her dad and said, “Daddy, if you don’t come get me, I’m going to lose my soul.”

With those words, Darrow’s journey back home, back to the Church, began.

Darrow, the oldest of six children, remembers her parents stressing the importance of prayer. Every night, her family prayed the rosary together. Despite the chaos that may ensue when wrangling six squirming kids, it’s those moments growing up that Darrow cherishes. Read full article here.