SOCA Testimonials

Daniel

Bishop

Nathan

Madocht

SOCA Interior Life Disciple Member

Domenic

SOCA Interior Life Disciple Member

Maricel

SOCA Interior Life Disciple Member

Emmanuel

SOCA Participant from Nigeria In Religious Life

Rebecca

SOCA Interior Life Disciple Member

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“I just wanted to give you a big thank you to you and your whole team. It has made a very big difference in my life. I’ve realized that I have been ignoring a lot of things such as God’s will for me. The focus on mental prayer is what I think I was missing. In my head I already had preconceived ideas what I WANTED for myself. I was missing the point. So after SOCA, I really really focused on mental prayer and surrendered myself to God and I am so thankful to say that I am now discerning religious life and I will be visiting a religious order in January. So I just want to thank you for your amazing dedication to bring people closer to Christ through mental prayer.”

Young Woman

One of many who have been inspired to discern religious life

Accountability Network Testimonials

“SOCA weekly accountability meetings have helped me to continue with my Mental Prayer, daily renewal of meditating on God.... Weekly check-ins made the difference doing Mental Prayer daily.”

- Dan Skoglund, participant in Group#4M

"The Accountability Network has been a great reminder that keeps me on track. All the women of our group agree it has been helpful."

- Erica Matthews, Group Liaison for Group#5F

"The accountability network was a great kick start to making mental prayer more of a habit. It has inspired me to reach out to my friends who are also busy moms to form our own group, as we would be able to encourage and inspire each other since we face similar challenges."

Melissa Leblanc, Group Liaison for group#8F

"SOCA pulls knowledge and wisdom from the Saints in a condensed format which is easy to follow, to discuss with others, and then, most importantly, to implement mental prayer as a way of life."

Nate Iglienski

Disciple-Leader; Husband and Father of 5

"I had never heard of
Souls of the Christian Apostolate
until I was invited to be part of the Divine Fulfillment Conference, highly recommend it to anyone seeking spiritual renewal and connection."

Archbishop Sample, Archdiocese of Portland

"I want to convey again how grateful I am to you for reintroducing me to meditation, or I should say my attempt every morning. I like Divine Intimacy very much, but thank you for helping me to rediscover the one book that has done me the most good in drawing me to Jesus and which I used to keep close at hand…The Diary of St. Faustina. I worry that I get more from it from than the Bible. I read the daily readings every day and go to Mass daily and have for many years.

God bless you and your good works.

Diane, SOCA Interior Life Disciple Participant

"The richness of Catholic spirituality is not only a gift from the saints of the past, but

a valuable resource for people of today. No age has been without difficulties, but

ours is marked by high levels of stress as we seek to manage the challenges of

everyday life. Jesus offers us his divine grace to strengthen our pilgrimage of hope in the world. He teaches us to pray as he walks with us in our daily journey as his missionary disciples.

Efforts such as the Divine Fulfillment Conference offer a way to understand this

journey through better mental health supported by prayer as we grow in the Christian life towards spiritual union with the lord."

Archbishop Perez, Archdiocese of Philadelphia

"Your ministry has made a major impact in my life. It's something that others need, this needs to be shared. I'm so grateful for everything SOCA has done for my life. I see God's fingerprints on it, I'm just awestruck. I don't know where I would be without you guys. That place of peace, of solitude, the sense of direction, I know where my goals should be. I can't express in words, it's too much. There is definitely joy in my heart, in my soul."

Alex Alzona

SOCA Interior Life Disciple Member

“Dear SOCA/Divine Fulfillment Team,
Thank you so much for offering the Divine Fulfillment Conference, may God reward you abundantly. I was in a very tough place last week. It was an experience of deep hopelessness, but not to the point of suicide. I reached out to the lord for help, then your conference came up as an opportunity while on social media. The conference has helped me tremendously! God has helped me grow so much and I have felt renewed. I now have concrete plans moving forward and now have a lot more hope than when I first began the conference."

Catherine

SOCA Divine Fulfillment Conference Participant

"I can't thank SOCA enough for the group spiritual discussion, and also granting me access to the Divine Fulfillment Conference! Regarding the conference, I was ready for spiritual direction originally, and then found most of the talks were regarding mental health. God in His Mercy and love is so great, he provided me EXACTLY what I needed to hear and learn, I was so in awe and amazed by the end of it! Regarding the group spiritual discussion, it was another big revelation!
All of us in the small group were participating for the very first time. EVERYONE OF US left with a special token from the Holy Spirit that was specifically for each one of us, as a result of the discussions. It was really amazing to be open and receive those graces , on Divine Mercy Sunday, to top it all!

Claudia

SOCA Group Spiritual Discussion and Divine Fulfillment Conference Participant

“SOCA's formation and content really impacted me. I woke up a totally different person today, what a blessing! I actually didn't get mad at myself for the constant distractions in my prayer life. Today I was in control, I asked Mary and my guardian angel for support. I encountered their constant love pulling me back into the interior life!

Maria, SOCA Interior Life Disciple Member

"We were created for relationship with God. Our mental health, our joy, our sense of completeness, are all proportional to the depth of our relationship with our Creator. God yearns to be with us so much that he became an embryo in the womb of Mary, taking on our humanity so that we might share in His divinity. Souls of the Christian Apostolate offer a saint-proven process to help each of us to draw ever deeper into this mystery upon which the essence of our identity depends."

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

"SOCA impacted my faith journey through the practice of meditation, mental prayer, and in being supportive to make resolutions in prayer to be more in communion with God. When recognizing God’s infinite love for us, and having time to be in silence, I was able to unite my heart to encounter God by going to the Blessed Sacrament, practicing stillness, and learned to build the habit of focusing on God’s word. Throughout discussions on spiritual readings and having weekly accountability, I felt supported in learning to place my trust in the Lord as learned from Conversations with Christ, and learn more about the interior life, discipline in the 5 step mental prayer, and how essential it is to have an examination of conscience to have faith be an active part of daily acceptance to live in truth and have assurance that God’s love makes it possible to approach Him through the tenderness and compassion that is reachable and denoted in the Gospel. Having an integration of faith practices and a community that supports one’s faith journey to grow in relationship with Christ fuels the need of the soul that hungers for goodness and to be able to recognize one’s purpose when learning to trust in God and seek His will above all things. God can provide, the greatest, being His Son, Jesus crucified, for our sins to be renewed in faith to live in fullness of life when we abide in His love. I am glad to have experienced meetings that bring about perspective on developing virtue, learning to be willing to pray through the distractions and for the aim of being in union with God. The quote that was constantly recited and will remain is, “meditation is the royal highway to heaven,” and when we receive the bread of heaven, Jesus is with us and we can receive joy amidst affliction. “When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground” (Psalm 104:30), comes to mind, to be able to make sacrifices in life to be on a path of entrusting our lives to God, and for the building of His Kingdom, through renewal, evangelization, and being consumed in the presence of God, to share what is visible to living an authentic spiritual life in obedience to His commandments.

Estelle

SOCA Interior Life Disciple Member

Claudia

SOCA Group Spiritual Discussion and Divine Fulfillment Conference Participant

Maria, SOCA Interior Life Disciple Member

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas