From Japanese Mafia to Catholic Priest w/ Fr. Donald Calloway

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  • This clip was taken from a livestream with Fr. Donald Calloway: • An Interview with Fr. ...
    In this clip, Fr. Calloway talks about his life as a teen, moving to Japan, getting involved in the mafia there, running and selling drugs, following the Grateful Dead and more!
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Komentáře • 101

  • @007leet
    @007leet Před 2 lety +118

    Stories like this are great because it shows anyone can become catholic

    • @cilaptrcili2429
      @cilaptrcili2429 Před 2 lety

      catholic yes for sure , JESUS and BIBLE folower not anyone for sure.GOD BLESS

    • @EugenieKikango
      @EugenieKikango Před 2 lety +2

      God's mercy is for everyone.

    • @user-hr8dx9qw4n
      @user-hr8dx9qw4n Před 5 měsíci

      LETS HOPE THAT CHRSITIANITY AND ISLAM WILL NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE
      TO DESTROY THAT BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE SHINTOISTIC AND BUDDHISTIC CULTURE IN JAPAN.

  • @itinerantpatriot1196
    @itinerantpatriot1196 Před 2 lety +94

    More proof that God is in the recycling business. Redemption testimony always moves me because I am one of those recycled sinners and I know just how cold and lonely the other side is. Thanks for sharing your amazing story Father Calloway.

    • @TruePT
      @TruePT Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed 😆

  • @tylerfoss3346
    @tylerfoss3346 Před 2 lety +41

    I was absolutely blown away by this testimony of Fr. Calloway. Certain proof that "nothing is impossible with God".
    Amazing! This needs to be known far and wide.

  • @pattyserrano9339
    @pattyserrano9339 Před 2 lety +52

    Whenever I see fr Calloway on a video I have to click on it. He really inspires me and reminds me that God can turn us around at any time.

  • @magreyeyes
    @magreyeyes Před 2 lety +44

    I wonder if any Japanese Mafia is watching this and thinking "I know this guy!"

    • @ironymatt
      @ironymatt Před 2 lety +9

      If there is, may it bring him to the realization that there exists true hope for him as well, amen

  • @christinevon3524
    @christinevon3524 Před 2 lety +17

    First watched a video of Fr. Don Calloway's conversion about 8 years ago. What a beautiful example of divine providence and the proof that there is a Saint in every Sinner and a Sinner in every Saint. Consecrate yourself to St. Joseph!

  • @ianrobinson8974
    @ianrobinson8974 Před 2 lety +8

    23/02/2022 THANK YOU BLESSED MOTHER! Another "win" for your Son. Prayers for ALL Priests and Religious, including Papa Francis from the Great South Land; Land of The Holy Spirit.

  • @csongorarpad4670
    @csongorarpad4670 Před 2 lety +8

    Fr. Calloways testimony is both a testament to God's unending forgiveness and grace, but also a testament to what we are all capable of if we just submit ourselves to God's will and entrust ourselves under the mantle and care of our heavenly mother!

  • @kerrynevins3823
    @kerrynevins3823 Před 2 lety +12

    No one else in the world is like Fr. Calloway

  • @teresahuston6650
    @teresahuston6650 Před 2 měsíci

    I never knew this about Father Calloway! There is hope for everyone.

  • @fishosoficaldebaitsphiloso7760

    I have complex (ugly) Japan-related story as well. But man, I love they way Callaway ran through this in a humorous way. I need to get to that point.

  • @lizzierixom1676
    @lizzierixom1676 Před 2 lety +6

    Love it! Same sort of conversion happened to me, through watching a video on Medj, so grateful to see this thank you ☺️☺️☺️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @britviking5960
    @britviking5960 Před 2 lety +5

    How many souls get led astray into really sinful lives only to find the reality,the peace the way is Our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • @Immortelle_G
    @Immortelle_G Před 2 lety +10

    Thanks for sharing! Incredible story

  • @ruethy2566
    @ruethy2566 Před 2 lety +3

    Father calloway Uganda says hello.....am soooo following u from now on......am Ugandan....leave a like..... greetings to ascension presents

  • @gerrimarchion4734
    @gerrimarchion4734 Před 2 lety +5

    Love to listen to your stories. At this point in my life, I am having a difficult time. Through you and Father Goring, I learn , I do feel Jesus-and Mary are giving me guidance. Thank you.

  • @erikklaesson7754
    @erikklaesson7754 Před 2 lety +12

    I read about an ex murder WHO converted catholic and become fransiscan priest

  • @lisam731
    @lisam731 Před 2 lety +12

    Such a beautiful testimony. We have been sharing this interview with friends, family, parish, etc. Thank you very much for sharing this. We are praying for you Father. God bless!

  • @garybrown2039
    @garybrown2039 Před 2 lety +7

    9:05 yep Father that’s how it happens a lot of the time. It happened with me a while back when I was an upset kid and I just felt an urge to go to her. Eventually that’s how I started looking at Jesus a different way. Before I was just unaware of who he was despite going to Catholic school for 2-4 years.

  • @jenniferkane8904
    @jenniferkane8904 Před 2 lety +5

    Fr. Calloway used to say it was a book about Medjugorje that converted him, but I notice he no longer specifically mentions Our Lady of Medjugorje! Our Lady saved my life in Medjugorje! I wish more priests and bishops and converts would speak of all the conversions there!! Witness Our Lady of Medjugorje!

  • @lucystephanieproperties
    @lucystephanieproperties Před 4 měsíci

    Wow, just wow. Glory to God in the highest! 🙏

  • @drdelaur
    @drdelaur Před 2 lety +6

    Stories like these are great because they are true and show the power of the Virgo Potens

  • @jencarrasco7023
    @jencarrasco7023 Před 2 lety +2

    I love this amazing story from wildman delinquent to cool Priest. God bless you Father Calloway!

  • @archsword2446
    @archsword2446 Před 2 lety +4

    Lord, make me chaste, but not yet.- St. Augustine of Hippo

  • @fdoy
    @fdoy Před 2 lety +7

    Wow. Amazing story. If God helped him turn his life around what can he if we ask.

  • @trinityflores5157
    @trinityflores5157 Před 2 lety

    Fr Calloway's life is an amazing story, it gives me hope for my backslid children. Praying for you !

  • @Alexander-fr1kk
    @Alexander-fr1kk Před 2 lety +1

    Fr’s book just blew my mind!!!

  • @boku5192
    @boku5192 Před 2 lety +5

    Very inspirational

  • @evetdookran5361
    @evetdookran5361 Před 2 lety +2

    With God all things are possible .Praise d Lord !

  • @rg1whiteywins598
    @rg1whiteywins598 Před 2 lety +2

    GOD can change anyone.

  • @mcnzefili
    @mcnzefili Před rokem

    Wow, Fr Calloway's story is really interesting, I was really getting more into the story only for it to get cut off suddenly...

  • @BethTatge
    @BethTatge Před rokem

    Amazing!!!

  • @juvilon
    @juvilon Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing testimony!!

  • @composaboi
    @composaboi Před 2 lety

    My dad and brothers went and saw this priest speak, but I was sick and didn't go so they told me about it after. Seeing this video, I really wish I wasn't sick.

  • @BlessedisShe
    @BlessedisShe Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, thank you for sharing Fr!

  • @georgekaftan2000
    @georgekaftan2000 Před rokem

    This is amazing. I had no idea Fr. Calloway had a story like this

  • @vladim73
    @vladim73 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank You Lord Jesus 🙏 for saving this wretched soul!

  • @jesuslovesme1015
    @jesuslovesme1015 Před 2 lety +5

    Hey, there's more to his story! I want an hour long interview!

  • @nancyvaz4994
    @nancyvaz4994 Před 2 lety

    Fr. Donald especially chosen by God. God bless him always....

  • @alex_jermaine
    @alex_jermaine Před 2 lety

    This is the Yakoozie and we approve this message. God Bless!

  • @eleanorbertuch135
    @eleanorbertuch135 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent lesson ❣️

  • @raba650
    @raba650 Před 2 lety

    I have a similar conversion to father’s living in California. At a young age I began following now convert and protestant pastor David Rocha’s (who has a CZcams channel for his ministry) then gang music. However, I wanted to “slow my roll” to give my mom an easier time and began staying home not going out. Paths began converging into me coming across music from a Christian rap artist local to the area who’s music I began sprinkling in my listening repertoire which was mostly gang music. My mom being a good catholic mom, once came back from a charismatic convention and I asked her, “what did the preacher say”, just to make conversation. She said to “read from Genesis to Apocalypse”, and I asked “what’s that”, she said “that’s from the beginning to the end of the Bible“. Then I interiorly asked myself out of curiosity, “what’s up with this Bible stuff and why do so many people pay attention to it?” Then right then and there I just said out loud, “I’m gonna read it”. And so I began reading little by little from the beginning (mind you I barely graduated high school). All I had to go with were the Bible kid’s movies from childcare when my mom would take us to prayer groups as kids. But that was enough lol they had me hooked waiting to get to those stories and the good thing is that at the beginning of the Bible there’s a lot of violence and which felt like an action movie for som reason:) All in all, I’d eventually have a dream of being crucified next to Jesus like the good thief and when waking up and sharing it with my grandma, another pillar of faith, she shared Paul’s words “I’ve been crucified for Christ and it’s no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me”. I said in excitement, “that’s what the artist says!” and just like that I was able to tell my grandma “I’m gonna change”. Thanks be to God!

  • @dorotaa6933
    @dorotaa6933 Před 2 lety

    Amazing story.I am impressed.

  • @user-hr8dx9qw4n
    @user-hr8dx9qw4n Před 5 měsíci +1

    LETS HOPE THAT CHRISTIANITY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DESTROY THE WONDERFUL BUDDHISTIC AND SHINTOISTIC CULTURE OF THIS UNIQUE LAND JAPAN.

  • @mariemadeleinesaget1429

    I'm blown, balles over. God Bless

  • @1Hope4All
    @1Hope4All Před 2 lety +6

    I love Father Calloway! Do you have the full story on one video? I wish these were numbered so I could see them in order. I would love to see the whole thing on one video!

  • @mariemadeleinesaget1429

    Balled over, wonderfull story

  • @younis9819
    @younis9819 Před rokem

    Being a catholic is such blessing.

  • @Shmapn
    @Shmapn Před 2 lety

    What an incredible story! I thought this video would be a discussion on a converted yakuza but was shocked that it was the priest himself! And to think that was only the beginning of his troubles. Wow! Reminds me of that hollywood socialite turned Priest who used to be on EWTN whose name I can't remember atm.

  • @tommyjeth
    @tommyjeth Před 2 lety

    Amazing story!

  • @normaguimte6036
    @normaguimte6036 Před 2 lety

    WOW! WHAT A STORY . HOPE TO LEARN MORE.

  • @SonShines1
    @SonShines1 Před 2 lety +1

    Same family

  • @folofus4815
    @folofus4815 Před rokem

    This story is wild

  • @prasadforfaithingod6590

    Good sharing

  • @juanrivera6375
    @juanrivera6375 Před 2 lety

    The book the queen of peace and the book glowed

  • @drdelaur
    @drdelaur Před 2 lety +6

    And she did the same for me

  • @ernestmunoz5565
    @ernestmunoz5565 Před 2 lety

    Thank you Jesus

  • @TheEutrophic
    @TheEutrophic Před 2 lety +2

    Wow

  • @TheBlackopsDS
    @TheBlackopsDS Před 2 lety +4

    Great clip but what about Sips with Aquinas?

  • @juanrivera6375
    @juanrivera6375 Před 2 lety

    Things that makes you go hmmm

  • @catholicconservativechican8299

    DEVINE 2×4 ✔💯

  • @runaway6894
    @runaway6894 Před 2 lety +6

    Matt Doesn't know the infamous Yakuza mafia . ??

  • @generosakinemo5490
    @generosakinemo5490 Před 2 lety

    Nothing impossible to God

  • @mmaaeerrii
    @mmaaeerrii Před 2 lety +5

    He's right about Filipinas hahaha!

  • @colleenoppelvanwyk7278

    🙏❤️🙏

  • @deeperfaith_
    @deeperfaith_ Před 2 lety

    Can anyone please say who was the Saint who said this at 09:28? Where can I find this quote?

  • @rosiegirl2485
    @rosiegirl2485 Před rokem

    I wish Fr. Calloway would have told Matt what his last name was before Calloway.
    I believe it was "Crock"

  • @joygoddard361
    @joygoddard361 Před 2 lety

    👍👍🙏✝️

  • @Carlo-qj5jl
    @Carlo-qj5jl Před rokem

    From Japanese Mafia to Holy Roman Empire Soldier😏🤫

    • @user-hr8dx9qw4n
      @user-hr8dx9qw4n Před 5 měsíci

      LETS HOPE THAT CHRSITIANITY AND ISLAM WILL NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE
      TO DESTROY THAT BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE SHINTOISTIC AND BUDDHISTIC CULTURE IN JAPAN.

  • @CaryChilton
    @CaryChilton Před 2 lety

    I find it crazy that Matt Fradd had no clue who Donald Calloway was other than his book didn't bother to read or watch a past interview of his to be familiar I mean just seems strange to me

  • @juanrivera6375
    @juanrivera6375 Před 2 lety

    Mom gave him the phone to speak to the priest and he started cursing out the priest

  • @molarmama32
    @molarmama32 Před 2 lety

    No one has heard of the YAKUZA? GOKUDO?

  • @juanrivera6375
    @juanrivera6375 Před 2 lety

    Callaway not calloway

  • @juanrivera6375
    @juanrivera6375 Před 2 lety

    You had to crawl into the sewage system in Japan to avoid the police

  • @juanrivera6375
    @juanrivera6375 Před 2 lety

    I thought the Japanese police pinned him down manage to wrestle his boney self even though he was stronghe ran threw the money away and crossing the highway like frogger

  • @satyannair4837
    @satyannair4837 Před 2 lety

    So, lemme get this straight. He thinks his parents have gone nuts by joining a "cult". Then he himself goes on to become a priest of that "cult".
    This is an incredible testimony!!!

  • @glennlanham6309
    @glennlanham6309 Před 2 lety +2

    Then he had to put up with that Novice brother from Kentucky for a while..now THAT was penance

    • @glennlanham6309
      @glennlanham6309 Před 2 lety +2

      @@carolynkimberly4021 I was with Don 4 years in the Marians, we started out with 4 guys in the Novitiiate and ended up with just us two. I already had a college degree, so I started Theology after, and he went to community college. I used to bug them all about this great place called Steubenville-
      I didn't make it all the way, they started a house of studies in Steubenville the year after I left....and i just started my Masters in Theology at Steubenville, better late than never...(lay degree)

  • @juanrivera6375
    @juanrivera6375 Před 2 lety

    And his drug partner Joel who had a blonde afro dus him at the train station

  • @FavianShields
    @FavianShields Před 2 lety +3

    A white kid running drugs for the Yakuza? Right....

    • @SaintCharbelMiracleworker
      @SaintCharbelMiracleworker Před rokem +1

      A military kid with free access to an American base with thousands of potential customers. It's a no brainer to recruit drug runners with access.

  • @chrisbennett3290
    @chrisbennett3290 Před 2 lety

    Why does he say the priest told his mom about the Eucharist, confession and the saints but he didn't mention the gopsel or anything about Jesus? And why does this guy leave Jesus almost completely out of his testimony? Mary is blessed but Jesus says "blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."

    • @beatlecristian
      @beatlecristian Před 2 lety +1

      Because the Eucharist is Jesus.
      Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.

    • @chrisbennett3290
      @chrisbennett3290 Před 2 lety

      @@beatlecristian Does Jesus only exist in a cup and in bread form in Cathedrals or is he also seated at the right hand of the Father reigning in heaven? If he's reigning in Heaven should we speak of him as a real person then and not just a sacrament?

    • @beatlecristian
      @beatlecristian Před 2 lety +1

      @@chrisbennett3290 it’s both and.
      He’s seated at the right hand of the Father and present Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity is the Most Blessed Sacrament on the Altar.

    • @SaintCharbelMiracleworker
      @SaintCharbelMiracleworker Před rokem

      When you have no idea the Eucharist is Jesus. 😂 Go to a Mass, it is the Gospel. If you don't confess your sins AND do penance then you are in deep trouble.