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The Leiterman family — Jake and Ashley with their children, Riley and Layna
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orn here in Antigo, Ashley Leiterman was raised in the country and has always enjoyed being outside in nature. When she was growing up, her family practiced the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod faith. She was baptized when she was just a week old and grew up attending church services weekly. After going through the RCIA process, Ashley joined the Catholic Church during this past Easter Vigil! Ashley married her husband, Jake, eight years ago, and together they have two children — Riley, 5, and Layna, 2. She has passed on her love for nature to her family and together they enjoy camping, gardening, canning, and spending any time they can outdoors. In April 2021, Ashley and Jake were invited to attend “The Search.” This was an eye-opening experience for her, which really motivated her to think about her faith and to desire more knowledge. “After ‘The Search’ had ended, Fr. Joel reached out to Jake and I and actually stopped by our home to visit with us,” Ashley says. “He talked with us about our current religious situation and our intentions for our religion as a family. He encouraged us to pray together and as a family. And he also encouraged me to consider RCIA.” Ashley’s son, Riley, was starting 4K at All Saints and she knew that RCIA would be a wonderful way for her to deepen her own knowledge of the Catholic Church — not just for herself, but also for her children’s faith journey. “When I decided to begin the course, I didn’t have intentions of becoming Catholic,” Ashley says. “But I did have intentions of trying to gain as much knowledge as possible of the Catholic faith. The PowerPoint
