Meet Fr. Victor Ingalls. Host of Native Soil and going into his sixth year as Vocations Director. Hear how he felt God’s calling to become a priest. Despite being resistant to the call, marvel at how the Lord persisted with the call until Fr. Victor was able to trust.

Meet Anna Lee Ingalls. Amongst many things, she is the mother of our host Fr. Victor Ingalls. Hear how she was raised Protestant in Maryland and how she came to the Catholic faith once married with children. Also, hear her perspective on her son’s calling to the priesthood—seems like she was clued in before him. Listen as she shares what the Priesthood means to her now.

Meet Ryan Dardard. A Mobile native (Bayou LaBatre really!). Former professional poker player and seminarian—a rare combo! Now recently married and finished law school. Hear how the Lord has led him through all these chapters and given him a conviction to start his married life back on our Native Soil.

Meet Srs. Elizabeth (formerly Olivia Barter) and Sr. Lucia. They are both nuns at the cloistered Carmel Convent in Covington, LA. Sr. Elizabeth grew up Christ the King Parish in Daphne where she attended grade school and was active in the youth group. She graduated from McGill Toolen. Sr. Lucia grew up in Lafayette and entered the Carmel a couple years after Sr. Elizabeth after teaching for a couple of years. Hear how God revealed himself to these young women and called them to belong entirely to Jesus.

Meet Sony Garcia. Wife. Artist. Singer. Guitar Player. Director of Pastoral Juvenil (Youth Ministry) for our Office of Hispanic Ministry. Teacher at Little Flower. Director of Music for Spanish Mass at St. Catherine’s. And much more! Listen how the Lord brought Sonya to our Native Soil from Puerto Rico. Marvel at how the Lord got her attention to get involved in our Church in so many different ways!

Meet Dc. Clarence Darrington. A Montgomery native. Grew up at the City of St. Jude. Through a divorce in his family, went to the Baptist Church for years and became a leader. Listen how the Lord brought him full circle back to the Catholic Church, led him to his Catholic wife and revealed a call to become a permanent deacon. A true story of God’s providence!

Meet Marguerite Murphy. Wife. Mother of 8. Secretary at St. Michael High School in Fairhope. Originally from Brooklyn, marvel at how the Lord nurtured her faith over the years and eventually brought her and her family down to put their roots down in our Native Soil.

Meet Justin Castanza. Teacher, Principal and how President of Montgomery Catholic Preparatory Schools. Hear how he discovering his calling to work with young people. Also how he discovered his call to marriage and children. He is a Montgomery native and a product of Catholic schools. Montgomery has always had a certain gravity in his life. Let’s dig in.

Meet Grace Galligan. Project Manager for Native Soil! Originally from Philadelphia. Hear how she wrestled with two great passions growing up—running and photography. See how the Lord guided her each step of the way. Discover what brought her to Alabama. You will appreciate her honest words about uncertainty, loneliness and God being attentive to the desires of our hearts.

Meet Joe Arensberg. Husband. Father of 7. Grandfather of 13. One son is a priest—Fr. Pat Arensberg, Pastor of Corpus Christi Parish in Mobile. Head of the Theology Department at McGill Toolen in Mobile and football coach. Growing up in Hawaii, hear his amazing story of how Mobile came to be his Native Soil. Also, originally a paramedic, listen in to hear how the Lord called him to teach the faith and the many sacrifices he had to make to answer that call. So many students have been blessed by this movement of God here on our Native Soil.

Meet Sr. Mary Jordan. Originally from Ohio. Now called to spend the rest of her life, praying for us on our Native Soil. Today she explains the origins of cloistered Dominicans, their monastery in Marbury, their mission as well as how the Lord brought her to Alabama.

Meet Lauren Hoyer. Religion teacher at Montgomery Catholic High School. Since childhood, she had a strange pull towards Alabama. She also had a desire to teach the faith at a Catholic school. Listen to how the Lord, in His timing, brought both of these desires to fulfillment.

Meet Dc. Hector Donastorg. Director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry. Originally from the Dominican Republic. Listen in to see how he felt CALLED to be married, be a deacon, settle his family here in our Archdiocese and much more.