Catholic allowed to attend Christian Bible prayer group?

[Reuben_J]

On a practical level many groups for older Catholics meet during work hours, not unreasonable, the winter evenings are dark and cold here but it’s not much help for the working Catholic who is looking for fellowship.

That’s not to say I am not trying to socialise with people at my parish but it’s a much slower process as the opportunities are few and far between compared with this Christian group. To be fair the people at this group are a whole spectrum of different ages which I suppose is a lot easier than being an odd one out.

Yes, I can see that there is non-working older Catholics meet during a time that is convenient to them which makes the opportunity for a more suitable group to be more limited.

 

[ConfusedLucy]

It follows my advice of not attending Protestant services or prayer meeting; at least not in a regular manner. When one is regular it is a commitment, which becomes a priority. So if they have to attend, it should not come to that.

Frankly, there is nothing good that would come out of it for a Catholic but the OP’s intention was to find friends, which I would grant as much. On other hand, I suggest to join a Catholic parish group, regardless of the age group, which of course can be challenging for young people to do.

However, I have seen younger members in a group of much older people and they do have roles to play there, so it is not totally boring or out of place for them.

I would suggest focusing more on Christ which perhaps can overcome the difficulty in adjusting to the different in age factor.

Does that explain anything?

I think this is the problem I tend to have with socializing with Catholics. I hope its regional and I sure other parts of the world are very different but my experience of Catholic socials is that there isn’t a whole lot of religious talk.

In practice this means:
a) People self segregate by their conversation topics and lifestyles
b) If you want some friends to pray with and talk about faith you have to go outside the parish

I have seen different ages be brought together by a focus on faith (both Catholic and Ecumenically) but not in any of the parishes I have (in my limited experience) attended. It’s still good to try and make your parish a priority but you need realistic expectations.