{"id":3515,"date":"2009-10-16T22:23:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T22:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/meet-the-man-behind-catholics-come-home.html"},"modified":"2009-10-16T22:23:10","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T22:23:10","slug":"meet-the-man-behind-catholics-come-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/meet-the-man-behind-catholics-come-home.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet the man behind “Catholics Come Home”"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were lucky to have Tom Peterson stop by our studios last week for a sit-down.  He’s the mastermind behind the powerful (and incredibly effective) “Catholics Come Home”<\/a> ads that have brought an estimated 100,000 Catholics back to the Church. <\/p>\n

How did the project start?  And what does he hope to achieve?  Some answers right here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were lucky to have Tom Peterson stop by our studios last week for a sit-down.  He’s the mastermind behind the powerful (and incredibly effective) “Catholics Come Home” ads that have brought an estimated 100,000 Catholics back to the Church. 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