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Another great story of a return to the church<\/a><\/strong>\u2014this time, with an entire Arkansas family coming along for the journey:<\/p>\n

For 11-year-old Carter Baldwin and his 9-year-old sister Mimi, one of the most exciting things about becoming Catholic isn\u2019t what one might expect from children \u2014 going to confession.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like how Catholicism makes you confess your sins,\u201d Carter Baldwin said. \u201cI like how it makes you feel closer to God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mimi added, \u201cBasically, if you sin one day, you can ask him the same day to forgive your sins and he\u2019ll forgive them and you\u2019ll feel, like, free.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter Baldwin will receive his first Communion and confirmation at Easter Vigil Mass at Christ the King Church in Little Rock along with his mother, Susan Baldwin, 39. Carter\u2019s twin brother Cole and the Baldwin\u2019s other set of twins, Ben and Mimi, will be baptized, receive their first Communion and will be confirmed. Chris Baldwin, 43, the youngest of 11 children raised Catholic, said having his wife and children join the Church means the world to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last year has literally been the best year of our whole marriage,\u201d Chris Baldwin said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because we\u2019re coming back to my roots or if I\u2019m being a better leader (spiritually).\u201d<\/p>\n

Just as Jesus said, \u201cLet the children come to me,\u201d so put the wheels in motion for the Baldwin family after a prospective student visit to Christ the King School in September.<\/p>\n

When Chris and Susan Baldwin married in 1999, the two attended a nondenominational church where Susan had attended as a teenager, being raised in the Baptist faith.<\/p>\n

While Chris Baldwin said the church was filled with wonderful people, he felt disconnected spiritually. Deep-rooted in Cath\u00adolicism, Chris graduated from Catholic High School in Little Rock in 1988, as did his brothers, with his sisters attending Mount St. Mary Academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess it was about seven or eight years ago, I just had a real pull to be a Catholic again,\u201d Chris Baldwin said. \u201cI love everything about Catholicism \u2026 I love the reverence of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Baldwins\u2019 four children enjoyed attending the nondenominational church, the adults were separated from the children during the worship services, so the brood never got to attend a church service together until going to Mass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just like that whenever we will sit down and say a prayer I\u2019ll know my parents are there with me, whenever I go up to get a blessing and stuff they\u2019ll be watching, and I think I\u2019ll be doing something good,\u201d Mimi Baldwin said of attending Mass.<\/p>\n

Susan Baldwin said she\u2019s always had an interest in learning more about the Catholic faith, particularly after attending the beautiful Catholic funerals of her brother-in-law and father-in-law. However, a tour of Christ the King School \u2014 to inquire about Carter and Cole attending next year \u2014 changed everything.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading<\/a>.<\/strong> \u00a0It\u2019s a great story. \u00a0Bless \u2019em all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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