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I have decided that I am going to convert to Catholicism. However, this being my senior year of highschool, and due to the length of RCIA, I decided to wait until I moved away to college. Since I won’t know the area I’m moving to very well, and I know no Catholics in the area, I was wondering if there is anything I should look out for in choosing a church. I don’t want to go there and commit to a church only to find out that they are teaching bad doctrine. The church closest to St. John’s College (which is in Anapolis, Maryland) is this: stmaryschurch.org/main.asp?page=3

Is this a good church? Are there better churches in the area?
Any help that can be given would be appreciated.
 
I apologize, I just saw the word advice, and so I posted here. Guess this is the wrong place.
 
Well, welcome aboard, and “advice” of this type is welcome to give. I wish you were coming here to the Midwest (Sure you wouldn’t really rather go to Shimer in Waukegan?😉 ). But, as you’re not, we’ll have to go with what we have.

If you are going to St. John’s, that means you have the capacity to think logically and draw a conclusion; else, you would not be in a Great Books school.

I was going suggest you do a search on the St. John’s site. I tried every search I know, and came up with zip.

SOOOOOO, it appears Annapolis falls under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. I finally came up with some resources for the area, specifically concerning St. John’s:

http://www.stmaryschurch.org You are generally not going to have a problem with a Redemptorist (the order of priests) parish. So, this is a good thing. They also sponsor Theology on Tap, where young adults can get together and discuss well, theological issues, in a relaxed setting They also have a service called Eucharistic Adoration, a very good sign in a parish.

http://www.baltimorecatholic.com/calendar/index.html Deals with young adults, including college students, and lots of Catholic terms and practices.

There is generally a “branch office” of the Catholic Church at most universities and colleges that are non-Catholic, called Newman Centers. if a parish setting does not work out for you, you might try a Newman Center or campus ministry component. I can’t seem to find one for St. John’s. I do have an email for the priest who does campus ministry in Frostburg (some 170 miles away from Annapolis), which is Ehendric@archbalt.org. The priest at Towson University’s email is albright@towson.edu. The only other college-type thing I see nearby is the Naval Academy. Normally, Catholic chaplains are very generous with their time to the civilian community, but USNA is a busy place, and they are a focused bunch over there.

As I play with maps, I am discovering you are very close to Baltimore, only 30 miles away!!! This is great!!! Johns Hopkins has a priest, whose email is TTTrion@aol.com. Catholic University of America is very nearby, ministry.cua.edu/.

What else can I tell you? As you have a capacity to think, use your own best judgment.
 
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