Rosary helped Tammy Peterson to maintain peace while she was facing death

Jordan Peterson to Bishop Barron about his wife Tammy Peterson’s cancer recovery: Rosary “helped her to maintain peace while she was facing death”…

RCIA, or the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is a process the Church uses to educate and aid adults who hope to be Confirmed.

Peterson was raised in a Protestant family, but when her parents stopped attending Church, she was left without any religious direction.

Peterson suffered health issues in 2015 with a cancer scare and painful arthritis. As her husband, Jordan, gained massive popularity as a media commentator, she struggled with daily tasks, such as walking up and down the stairs.

Tammy Peterson has announced that she has begun the process of becoming Catholic and will be initiated into the Catholic Church next Easter.

In an interview with The Catholic Register, the wife of Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson discussed her journey of faith and shared that she has begun R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults).

The 62-year-old hostess of “The Tammy Peterson Podcast” grew up as a Protestant. Peterson says she has memories of her 104-year-old Polish Catholic great-grandmother praying the rosary, but her own search for God and the meaning of life really began in the midst of serious health issues in 2015.

After a medical scan and biopsies of her kidney, Peterson’s doctor delivered the news that she had renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer. He gave her ten months to live.

Despite surgeries to remove the tumors and countless tests, Peterson’s health worsened to the point that she weighed only 90 pounds and suffered significant hair loss.

Peterson credits the prayers and support of her dear friend Queenie Yu for her perseverance and strength during that time.

Her first biopsy showed renal cell carcinoma, while her second biopsy revealed much more devastating news.

“ He [the doctor] said, ‘I’m sorry but we did another biopsy and what you have is much more aggressive than what we thought. You have what we think is 10 months to live.’ And my husband and I were quite shocked,” she told The Catholic Register in Canada.

After two surgeries, which successfully removed the tumors, Peterson once again found herself in the hospital. She was unable to eat, lost over 80 lbs, and her hair began to fall out.

The lymphatic leakage seemed incurable. However, her friend Queenie Yu, a Catholic convert, visited when she heard the news of Peterson’s illness.