Conversion

[600andy]

Hello all,

I am new to the forum, so hope I have posted this in the right place and that I can find the answers I seek.

I was Baptised into the Church of England some 49 years ago, was confirmed 40 years ago. Since then, I have practised High Church Anglicanism, and have participated in the Eucharist regularly over the years. My new partner is Catholic, although due to some dreadful life experiences, has lapsed, and now questions her faith. I am determined to help her, through Christ to find herself again, and she is open & agreeable to this. Part of this process involves getting her back to church, something she would do with her Mother before she, God rest her soul, passed away.

Is there anything that would prevent me from taking the sacrements in a Catholic Church, morover, do I need to “convert” to practise Catholicism?

Many thanks in advance of any advice.

Andy

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

Is there anything that would prevent me from taking the sacrements in a Catholic Church, morover, do I need to “convert” to practise Catholicism?

Your partner is blessed to have someone so supportive of her spiritual life.

Sacraments in the Catholic Church are for those who are Catholic. Normally the procedure you would go through as someone who is already baptized is preparation/study about what Catholics believe, confession, reception into the Church, and the sacraments of confirmation and eucharist.

 

[animalis]

I would not negate the value of suffering, and your support to extend her comfort zone to agreeable outskirts to the way of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Mercy to the poor and the marginalized. The prior will equip you with the correct standpoint, the latter is the application that will renew her sense of the sacred. For concrete mercy to the poor will fill the balance of what the abstract signifies, albeit for now it may seem that the abstract is what leads to her misery.

St. Theresa of Avila, a acclaim doctor of the Church, accredits ignorance of self and the ignorance of the role of the personification of authentic dogma to much of the spiritual trials that souls undergo in his or her quest for complete grasp of what is apparently what we perceive as a good. It may seem daunting, but we all have to find time to get real. Let the reality set in with extension of the comfort zone by the mercy to the less fortunate.

One example - making sandwiches, placing them in plastic bags, and take them to bus stops or other obvious places.

 

[PJM]

=600andy;11570337]Hello all,

I am new to the forum, so hope I have posted this in the right place and that I can find the answers I seek.

I was Baptised into the Church of England some 49 years ago, was confirmed 40 years ago. Since then, I have practised High Church Anglicanism, and have participated in the Eucharist regularly over the years. My new partner is Catholic, although due to some dreadful life experiences, has lapsed, and now questions her faith. I am determined to help her, through Christ to find herself again, and she is open & agreeable to this. Part of this process involves getting her back to church, something she would do with her Mother before she, God rest her soul, passed away.

Is there anything that would prevent me from taking the sacrements in a Catholic Church, morover, do I need to “convert” to practise Catholicism?

Many thanks in advance of any advice.

Andy

YES, you do need to enter the Catholic Church in order to FULLY participate in Her sacraments.

Please talk to your local Parish priest or pastor for the specifics.

We WELCOME YOU HOME!

God Bless you
Patrick [PJM]