 In fact, when I was first selected as an astronaut in 2009, I was not Catholic. I grew up as a Christian, but I didn't practice my faith as part of any organized religion or church. But then I was blessed when God brought my wife, Julie, into my life after we met in college. She was raised Catholic, and I started attending Catholic services with her. We got engaged, we went to Pre-Cana, and then we were married in a Catholic church.