ela ▁was ▁formerly ▁married ▁to ▁Jesus ▁Rock ▁singer ▁Larry ▁Norman . ▁His ▁brother ▁David ▁is ▁a ▁phys ician ▁at ▁the ▁May o ▁C lin ic . ▁ ▁Con version ▁to ▁Catholic ism ▁R ais ed ▁in ▁a ▁Bapt ist ▁household , ▁D ale ▁A hl qu ist ▁observed ▁the ▁developing ▁fragment ation ▁of ▁Protest ant ▁denomin ations . ▁Reading ▁G . ▁K . ▁Ch est erton ’ s ▁The ▁Ever last ing ▁Man ▁during ▁his ▁h one ym oon ▁in ▁Rome ▁prof ound ly ▁changed ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁in ev it ably ▁led ▁to ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁Early ▁Church ▁F athers ▁and ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church . ▁System atically , ▁D ale ▁began ▁to ▁see ▁his ▁point - by - point ▁ob jections ▁to ▁Catholic ism ▁with er ▁away ▁on ▁matters ▁of ▁the ▁pap acy , ▁the ▁sacr aments ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church , ▁and ▁the ▁B less ed ▁Virgin ▁Mary . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁he ▁founded ▁the ▁American ▁Ch est erton ▁Society . ▁He ▁was ▁received ▁into ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁on ▁the ▁Fe ast ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Family ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁two ▁oldest ▁children ▁Julian ▁and ▁Ash ley . ▁His ▁wife , ▁Laura , ▁who ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁a ▁pract icing ▁Catholic ▁when ▁they ▁met , ▁also ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Church . ▁ ▁American ▁Ch est erton ▁Society ▁The ▁American ▁Ch est erton ▁Society ▁( AC S ) ▁is ▁a ▁ 5 0 1 ( c ) 3 ▁non -