Apology for rude posting

[lynnehelen]

Wanted to apologize for rude post about the American Catholic Church. I am just a silly little English girl who does not understand the complexities of faith in America. Oh for the simplicity of the Queen and the Anglican church. However, I do know of a certain English priest in this diocese who I fear for, as we English do not always do well in the climate here. I won’t say his name, but please pray for this very good man who does such good work but must be missing his native England.

I am deeply grateful for the help I have received here. The suggestion about the Diocese of Miami, which is not where I live, and its bilingual nature, with regard to my question about approaching the American Catholic Church with a language difficulty, helped me to resolve to trust in this Priest, who I have had contact with by e-mail over the years in a certain capacity in which he serves, for the time being, as sufficient connection to the church.

My belief is that it is all one church. But Catholics do it best, and I feel frustrated at being “locked out.” However, I understand, first of all, my spiritual immaturity, and second, as I said, the complexities of faith in America. How to grow in faith and traning and discipline as I need to is resolved for me for now as I have described.

 

[Trishie]

Dear lynnehelen, please be at peace. :heaven:

You are not ‘locked out’, perhaps you did not see that a poster gave you information on how you can become Catholic in this thread.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=8646407#post8646407
This was the poster’s kind suggestion

"If you live in Monroe, Dade or Broward counties, you’re in the Archdiocese of Miami. The Archdiocese of Miami is a multi-lingual diocese. Call or write the Office for Catechesis and explain what you just said. They will point you in the right direction.

Director:
Peter J. Ductram
pductram@theadom.org

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF "

 

[Elvis_Guy]

You’ll be ok there!! Pax!

 

[Chuck1]

You don’t have to be locked out you could go to a mass one day and see how you go and then if you decided you want to change to the catholic Church that cool to
But you’ll be fine whatever you do and good luck !

 

[George_Stegmeir]

If you are located anywhere near Downtown Miami, you should try to go to GESU Church on the corner of NE 1st Avenue and NE 2nd St. It is a Jesuit run parish, part of the Jesuit Province of the Caribbean so their priests are quite familiar with the Anglican Church. Their Rectory is fully staffed from 8 AM to ??? 7 days a week. There are always more than one priest available. You will find the priests there to be particularly helpful for your needs.
They have daily Mass in 3 languages: English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole.

 

[stanncie]

I second the recommendation for Gesu , it’s a beautiful church and I go there for confession often.In fact i was just there today or yesterday since it’s past midnight for Mass. All the priests are very kind and faithful as far as I’ve seen. They also seem to be more available than the priests in my regular parish. If you are in Miami and don’t have a car this is an ideal church to reach via public transportation.

There’s always a way and I dont want you to be discouraged, God will make it possible for you to become Catholic If you need any further info feel free to PM me . I would gladly invite you to my parish if you live anywhere near me but I’m afraid it’s a completely Spanish parish, there’s only one mass in English and it’s really small only like 20 people go. all of the ministries of which there are a ton are also in Spanish so it wouldn’t work for you

There are plenty of churches that have tons of stuff in English though so don’t give up!