"It was an overwhelming peace. It was overwhelming love. And I sat there for hours."| Shannon Pryce

Growing up without an introduction to the Eucharist in her home, Shannon somewhat unexpectedly made her way into the Catholic church by way of her aunt who required her to go to Mass with her while she spent a summer visiting. Listen as she describes her introduction to Jesus in the Protestant faith and her desire for the Eucharist she felt in the Catholic Mass. And hear about her journey into deeper intimacy with Him by entering the Church, receiving Communion, and encountering Him in the Eucharistic adoration.

(00:43) Meet Shannon Pryce, a wife, mother, and grandmother, Detroit Tigers fan, and staff member and parishioner at St. Linus in Dearborn Heights. She shares about her upbringing, having been raised by a single mother and no introduction to the faith in her home. She describes her introduction to Christianity which came from a friend’s mom inviting her to go to church. 

(04:11) Shannon shares how she embraced a Protestant Christian faith from a young age, developing a great love for Jesus and describes how her aunt introduced her to the Catholic faith during a summer she spent visiting her. 

(05:11) Fr. Mario comments on the power of invitation, highlighting her friend’s mom who invited her to church, and comments on the gift of other Christian denominations. 

(08:31) Shannon shares what drew her into the Catholic faith as a young adult, having mostly experienced church in the Protestant tradition prior to then. She talks about the desire to receive Communion that she experienced during Mass. She also shares how meeting her husband (who is Catholic) and his family helped her gain a better understanding of the Church’s teachings. 

(12:58) She describes her experience at the Easter Vigil and shares the impact of her first experience in Eucharistic adoration. She talks about the way her love for adoration continued to develop. 

(18:39) Shannon shares how her experience in adoration has impacted her experience in receiving Jesus in the Eucharist at Mass. 

(20:10) She shares what she does during her time in Eucharistic adoration, sharing how the time she spends with Jesus there fills her up. 

(22:00) Shannon unpacks how her relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist has strengthened her faith, especially having come from a Protestant upbringing. She also shares what it is like to share this gift of the Eucharist with the young people she works with at St. Linus.