A Mother's Prayers Never Wasted: Tim Francis on Faith, Addiction, and Coming Home – 07/02/2026
A Cradle Catholic's Long Road Home
Tim Francis grew up in New Carlisle, Ohio, in a faithful Catholic household — but by the time he reached college at Ohio State, the faith took a back seat to partying and eventually substance abuse. His journey into addiction in his early twenties set him on a dark path that would last years.
The Mom Who Kept Praying
While Tim was drifting, his mother Patricia Ann was praying — rosaries, Mass, Holy Hours, prayer journals, and letter campaigns. She was sending Tim cassette tapes of Scott Hahn's conversion story as early as 1988, even when he wasn't remotely…
The skinny
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