Converting from my religion to catholic

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hello my religion is anglican i was born an anglican.i never felt at home there. i want to covert to roman catholic. i spend more time at the church than i ever spent at my own. i feel at home there. and believe that god is showing me the way . can you help
 
hawkeye2010 said:
hello my religion is anglican i was born an anglican.i never felt at home there. i want to covert to roman catholic. i spend more time at the church than i ever spent at my own. i feel at home there. and believe that god is showing me the way . can you help
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Contact the local Catholic Church.
 
hawkeye2010 said:
hello my religion is anglican i was born an anglican.i never felt at home there. i want to covert to roman catholic. i spend more time at the church than i ever spent at my own. i feel at home there. and believe that god is showing me the way . can you help
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If you’re already spending time at the Catholic Church, find the priest and tell him what you just told us.

Good luck and God bless you!
 
If you are drawn to the Catholic Church, please look into obtaining a copy of Catholicism for Dummies. It is an excellent resource on all aspects of the faith. It is easily readable and quite comprehensive. That, and contact your local parish, as adrift and MarkThompson have already mentioned.
 
Good luck converting to Catholic.

I’ve just found out that heaven is a boring place to be in.
 
Having a home is the most important thing in the Earth. God is calling you home.
 
jhooper3581 said:
Good luck converting to Catholic.

I’ve just found out that heaven is a boring place to be in.
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I’m certain that with a minimal effort on your part, that you can find a alternate
less boring place to be!
 
hawkeye2010 said:
hello my religion is anglican i was born an anglican.i never felt at home there. i want to covert to roman catholic. i spend more time at the church than i ever spent at my own. i feel at home there. and believe that god is showing me the way . can you help
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I’m kindof in your very same shoes aswell. The Church I went to, one called Calvary Chapel, had this Protestant-outlook on certain Bible scripture, the Pastor would often say things like,“No this verse in the Bible isn’t right.” or he would often avoid certain Bible verses or scriptures and, since I’m well-known around most of my compatriots as a passionate scholar, I actually asked the questions.

“Why would they ignore these things? Why were they allowed? Who authorized this nonsense?”

It turns out that Calvary Chapel was a Protestant-Methodist Denomination created by a group of hippies in the most antichristian state in the world, California. I was quite disturbed by the fact that it was founded by hippies; looking over information on hippies, you’ll find on this article:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie

You’ll see that, as the article says,
“The early hippie ideology included the countercultural values of the Beat Generation. Some created their own social groups and communities, listened to psychedelic rock, embraced the sexual revolution, and used drugs such as marijuana and LSD to explore alternative states of consciousness.”
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This was just one of the faults I found in the Denomination.

Another fault was the whole “business” attitude they had to it. I’ve always felt that Church-related things should be for free. And if not, then at least let the poor have it for free and let the rich pay for it. Or something along those lines, those are ideas in progress, as I call them. I just prefer not seeing ads from Coca Cola at my church, or anything like “Jesus on ice!” shows.

It took me a while to realize that I was growing a love for the Catholic Church, and in the most quiet way.

You look up on the Anglicans and you’ll realize many surprising things. The Anglicans are controlled by the British Parliament. That’s not really a church, is it? What kind of Catholic Priest would say they want Sharia law installed?

Look up Rowan Williams, the Anglican Bishop.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_Williams#Sharia_law

-MontChevalier
 
May the Holy Spirit guide you friend in your search. The Lord always welcomes those lost in the wilderness. God Bless you!
 
raised Episcopalian here! (Anglican light)

first of all, i strongly recommend you get the book “Catholicism for Dummies” since it was very helpful to ME in letting me know what questions to ask.

ok, the STEPS to converting are as follows for an adult:
  1. go talk to a local priest , monsignor, or Bishop, etc and tell them you want to convert. (i walked into my local church and sort of shook in my shoes at the nun and managed to squeek that out, then a very nice Priest sat down and talked to me)
  2. they will ask you why you want to convert. my answer was my answer (apostolic succession and the Rosary) but your answer should be YOURS. just tell them why.
  3. they will explain that you need to start by going through RCIA (Right of Christian Initiation for Adults) unless there is some extraordinary reason to do so individually that means waiting for the next class to start.
    (it is POSSIBLE to be sped through this with individual classes, but not usual)
  4. you will attend RCIA with other prospective converts and catechumens. You will need to get your baptismal records from your home church, in all likelihood. this can take time, but dont get worried, they can work around it if you cant do so.
  5. unless you are very lucky you will get to practice the Christian virtues of patience and charity, because most RCIA classes are aimed at the “lowest common denominator” and are often boring and tedious. if you are LUCKY you will get good teachers and not have to worry, if you are UNLUCKY you will get people who know less than you do.
    (plan on attending your churches adult Bible study, which is hopefully better)
    i said a lot of Rosaries trying to get through my RCIA classes…
  6. you will find or be assigned a “sponsor” who is someone already in your church
  7. you will be brought into the church on Easter Vigil (night before Easter Sunday)
 
hawkeye2010 said:
hello my religion is anglican i was born an anglican.i never felt at home there. i want to covert to roman catholic. i spend more time at the church than i ever spent at my own. i feel at home there. and believe that god is showing me the way . can you help
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Why not join the Ordinariate? Many Anglicans are uniting with Rome, you can be Catholic and keep your Anglican identity.
 
Hello,

I apologize for posting that heaven is a boring place. My autism kicks in sometimes (it’s like a drunk guy trying to drive a car (I don’t drink)). I wish my autism will stop. I think I need to go to my pastor or counseling to get some help. Otherwise, I wish myself and all of you to become true Catholics!

God bless,
jhooper3581
 
i was baptised and confirmed in the episcopal church. i went away to college and left church permanently, although i still believed in God the Creator of all things. in my 40’s, i began reading the Bible again and questioning what it was to be jewish and what the difference was between the episcopal and Catholic church. i studies for about 10 years before i decided i was ready to join the catholic church. i was anglican for about 6 months. i contacted a local Catholic church and spoke with the person in charge of RCIA. it was around march or april.
i told her that i thought i would be moving in the fall and this was something that i needed to get done now. so she agreed to meet with me one on one for about 6 to 8 weeks. she would give me a topic to read about and then we would meet the following week and talk about it.
i was received into the Catholic church in July. if you have not been baptized or have not been confirmed in the episcopal church, you will need to go through RCIA. i have sat in on RCIA classes and it is interesting, but i was already Catholic when i did that. it never hurts to keep learning.
i always wanted to be catholic and always thought that there wasn’t a lot of difference between the two denominations, but there are big differences.
 
7_Sorrows said:
i was baptised and confirmed in the episcopal church. i went away to college and left church permanently, although i still believed in God the Creator of all things. in my 40’s, i began reading the Bible again and questioning what it was to be jewish and what the difference was between the episcopal and Catholic church. i studies for about 10 years before i decided i was ready to join the catholic church. i was anglican for about 6 months. i contacted a local Catholic church and spoke with the person in charge of RCIA. it was around march or april.
i told her that i thought i would be moving in the fall and this was something that i needed to get done now. so she agreed to meet with me one on one for about 6 to 8 weeks. she would give me a topic to read about and then we would meet the following week and talk about it.
i was received into the Catholic church in July. if you have not been baptized or have not been confirmed in the episcopal church, you will need to go through RCIA. i have sat in on RCIA classes and it is interesting, but i was already Catholic when i did that. it never hurts to keep learning.
i always wanted to be catholic and always thought that there wasn’t a lot of difference between the two denominations, but there are big differences.
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Hi Friend,

Glad to see you posting.

Bernadette
 
jhooper3581 said:
Good luck converting to Catholic.

I’ve just found out that heaven is a boring place to be in.
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On the contrary, for those who have strived until the end of their days, heaven will be a blessed place, each according to “the difference of their merit” (this is Church teaching, not mine----see below). 😉

“Also, the souls of those who have incurred no stain of sin whatsoever after baptism, as well as souls who after incurring the stain of sin have been cleansed whether in their bodies or outside their bodies, as was stated above, are straightaway received into heaven and clearly behold the triune God as he is, yet one person more perfectly than another according to the difference of their merits.”

Council of Florence, 6 July 1439

Note: I just noticed post #14 after I posted this post. 😉
 
hawkeye2010 said:
hello my religion is anglican i was born an anglican.i never felt at home there. i want to covert to roman catholic. i spend more time at the church than i ever spent at my own. i feel at home there. and believe that god is showing me the way . can you help
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Welcome to the forums, hawkeye2010!

Go for it!

I, myself was born and raised in the Episcopal Church. I was an Acolyte, received my God and Country Medal in the Boy Scouts, etc. Then, like so many others, I drifted away thinking 'I know Jesus loves me, I read the Bible, I don’t need “Organized Religion” '. Well… While I can’t go into details here, I realized I needed to get back into church and the Catholic Church was the one!

If you haven’t already, you may want to talk to your Pastor or someone about getting into RCIA classes. Also, I would suggest getting a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (I like the big green one with all the references in the back!) and a Catholic Bible, one that has “all the books”.

It may take a while. I’ve been attending my parish for about a year and I still cannot receive the Eucharist. I was late getting into RCIA last year (and there were other issues).

In any case, the Catholic Church is the place to be!
jhooper3581 said:
Hello,

I apologize for posting that heaven is a boring place. My autism kicks in sometimes (it’s like a drunk guy trying to drive a car (I don’t drink)). I wish my autism will stop. I think I need to go to my pastor or counseling to get some help. Otherwise, I wish myself and all of you to become true Catholics!

God bless,
jhooper3581
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👍 God bless you, jhooper3581!
 
Welcome Home! All I can say is praise the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as I was recently called to Catholicism from atheism and I have found such a supportive family in my parish and in God. Good luck! Speak to your priest about wanting to convert and just let the Spirit fill you.
 
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