Faith and Purpose in Action
Article by Debra Braganza Fifty-six years after graduating from CTK, Richard Carbo remembers his first day as a fifth grader at his new school, where he met Sr. Marjorie. “Oh, she’s still around!” he says jokingly, “she just retired!” As a religious young man at CTK, he never imagined how his faith would be tested as an adult. After experiencing a challenging period in his life, he was lost and felt abandoned by God. “I was angry. I felt so despaired,” Richard says with tears in his eyes. He wouldn’t return to the Catholic Church until three decades later with the help of his good friend Jimmy and a meeting with Father Nam. After years away, he moved back to Terrytown to take care of his mother. It was a pivotal turning point in his relationship with God. By then, in his fifties, he was a successful businessman with a family, but something was always missing. “It was a Saturday, and Jimmy and I were talking, and I said, ‘You’re a man of good faith, but I’m just ...