Saturday June 9, 2018
9:00am - Noon
Lakeview Resort (directions)
Speaker: Kimberly Hahn
Speaker: Kimberly Hahn
Kimberly Hahn is a Catholic
apologist and author. She is the eldest child of Jerry and Patricia Kirk, and
is married to apologist and author Scott Hahn.
Hahn was born into a Presbyterian family and her father was a minister.
She studied Communication Arts at Grove City College in Pennsylvania,
graduating in 1979. She married fellow student Scott Hahn on 18 August that
year. She then worked as a secretary for a year while her husband began studies
for a Master of Divinity degree at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She
enrolled the following year and earned a Master of Arts in Theology in
1982.While studying for her M.A., Hahn carried out research into the history of
Christian attitudes towards contraception. She discovered that every Christian
Church without exception had condemned the practice until 1930, and that some
of the most famous Protestant reformers Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, and Knox — had
condemned it strongly. She also read Catholic author John Kippley, who likened
contraception to the practice of feasting and deliberately vomiting. At that
stage, Scott and Kimberly both had strong objections to many Catholic
teachings, but, after prayer, Bible study, and reflection, they both became
convinced that on that issue, at least, the Catholic position was biblical.
They changed to Natural Family Planning for a while, then decided to leave the timing
of pregnancies entirely to God. Their first son was born on December 4, 1982. Scott Hahn was received into the Catholic Church
at Easter 1986. His reception caused a great deal of distress to Hahn, as
described in their book, Rome Sweet Home. However, after struggling for a few
more years with issues such as transubstantiation and, in particular, the veneration
of Mary, she was herself received into the Catholic Church at Easter 1990.
