Epiphany – January 31, 2024
Fr. Stephen Blaxton from Holy Family is the Parish of the Week. Derek & Ashley Shetler talk about their conversion.
Segment 1
Fr. Stephen Blaxton from Holy Family Parish is the Parish of the Week.
Father Stephen Blaxton serves as pastor of Holy Family Parish in Sandusky and on the Diocese of Saginaw’s Mission Evangelization Team. He is originally from Shepherd Mich.
Father Stephen is the son of Jerry and Gayle Blaxton. His siblings are Philip, Ruth Ann and Timothy. Father Stephen grew up in St. Vincent de Paul Parish. He graduated from Shepherd High School before attending Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Mental Health and Human Services in 2008. He received his Bachelor of Philosophy in 2014, Master of Divinity in 2018 from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, and his Sacred Theology Baccalaureate from the Angelicum in Rome in 2018.
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Segment 2
Derek & Ashley Shetler talk about their conversion.
Derek & Ashley Shetler are lifelong residents of the “Thumb” of Michigan where they live with their two children. Together they own and operate a small, family-owned business. Born and raised evangelical Protestants, they surprisingly began to feel drawn toward the Catholic Church. After multiple years of prayer, study, discernment, and discussion with the small handful of Catholics they were acquainted with, they attended Mass for the first time in July of 2022. The family of four was fully welcomed into the Catholic Church at the 2023 Easter Vigil.
