Becoming a Roman Catholic

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Hi all, just to introduce myself, I’m 22, with a 2 boys and a wife (we we’re married in a registry office), my wife and children are all baptised, my oldest is currently going through his sacraments and my youngest is only 2.

I’ve never been baptised into any faith and am currently going through instruction in the way of the faith with the Priest from our church,

I was just looking for some information, our priest has told us that before I can be baptised we will have to have our marriage blessed in church, is this common practice,

and also can anyone give me an idea of what will happen as i go through my instruction and move towards my baptism and sacrements, how do they work for adults?

thank you for any help.
 
Since the priest has told you that your marriage must be blessed, I would assume your wife is a baptized Roman Catholic. Being unbaptized, you would probably go through the RCIA process. Depending on your parish that would consist of a series of classes covering various aspects of the Catholic Faith and often Breaking Open the Word( the scriptures read at Sunday Mass each week are reviewed and discussed). During the year there are brief rites or ceremonies that mark your progress along the path that take place at Sunday Mass. You would then be baptized, confirmed and receive your first Holy Communion at the Saturday evening Easter Vigil Mass. 👍
 
**Hi there!

I just became Catholic at Easter Vigil. I was confirmed and received my first communion. I had been baptized in the Episcopal church as a child, so I did not need to be batpized.

My husband, a “cradle” Catholic and I were married outside of the Catholic Church 14 years ago. We had to wait until after I was a Catholic to have our marriage blessed, which will happen this fall.

We wanted to do it sometime after vigil, but I work at a Catholic University , which is where I went through RCIA, and the Priest that ran the RCIA program has gone on a summer sabattical. Waiting til fall is just fine with us.

Enjoy this journey of faith formation. It was and is an exciting time in my life… I hope it will be the same for you!

Peace and Blessings…

Annie **
 
I did the whole RCIA thing 3 years ago. The only thing that I can think of mentioning is be prepared to stand up in front of church a lot. It’s not a big deal, but I’m the kind of person that would rather slip in the back door and take an unnoticed seat in the back row.

Like you, I was unbaptized, so there were a few prayers and other stuff that the priest did for me that they didn’t for the other members of the RCIA program.

The neatest thing about the whole experience for me was that as I progressed through the program, I was often greeted on the elevator and in the hall at my old employer (a large corporation) by other members of the church. I didn’t recognize any of them, but they all knew me from standing up front. It was nice because it gave me a sense of the Catholic community at our parish.
 
mathew1986 said:
and also can anyone give me an idea of what will happen as i go through my instruction and move towards my baptism and sacrements, how do they work for adults?
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Having “taught” RCIA for years, one thing, please don’t expect to learn 'everything" about the Church in an RCIA class. Understanding Catholic doctrine and dogma is a journey that is lifelong. I’m 60 years old and I’m still learning everyday. Just enjoy the ride, you’ll find some things boring, fascinating, confusing, thrilling, and sometimes just plain hard to understand. But in the end the idea that you’re forever learning begins to have a comfortable feeling.

My two cents.
 
hello all,

thank you for your replies, i gather from your replies that i will continue with my instruction untill the easter vigil next year?

I have been on my path to finding faith for some months now after seeing my step son going through his sacraments, and am thouroughly enjoying the learning process that i am going through and em enjoying the discussions that I am having with our Priest and building a relationship with him.

once again, thank you all!!
 
Yes, you will continue your studies until next Easter Vigil. You will be amazed at the difference between now and then.

As for blessing your marriage, different parishes do it differently, but have one thing in common ~ the marriages are blessed prior to confirmation. Sometimes it’s done as part of Easter Vigil. Sometimes it’s done before that, but it is done prior to confirmation, at least that’s what I have seen.

God Bless!
 
As I work at a Catholic University, I am blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful people… both Religous and Lay people. There is a department just down the hall that offers a series of online classes to help anyone learn about all sorts of “Catholic” things. One of the people who works there teaches RCIA in a parish sout of town and has spent quite a bit of time talking with me. I asked him if any of their classes would be beneficial to a New Catholic… because I realize that I’m literally just starting out, and I have a deep thirst to learn more! He was absolutely sure that there were some courses. I am off for 6 weeks every summer, and that time frame matches the course time frame. So I’ll be taking one… and probably more in the future. And that is very very exciting to me.
 
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