Whether it’s an actor, an athlete, an author, or an academic, when someone with a high public profile announces their interest in becoming Catholic, there can often be a wide variety of reactions from both the religious tradition they come from, and the new Church family they’re joining. And often they’re rushed into the spotlight and encouraged to begin sharing their story immediately.

JonMarc Grodi and Matt Swaim share how The Coming Home Network — which was founded by a pastor who left public ministry to become Catholic — thinks about the care of these souls, and how they encourage fellow Catholics to treat them as their new brothers and sisters in the Church.