Have you always been catholic or are you a convert through RCIA?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Linybaby
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
I put RCIA but not in the traditional sense. The “rites” of RCIA are universal but I did not attend RCIA per se like most people in classes. I was confirmed in college.
 
I need another answer option. I became Catholic at age 10 after my parents divorced and my mom married a divorced Catholic, then had my brother and I baptised/confirmed/sent to Catholic school (even though she and my stepfather couldn’t be married in the church). It created lots of conflict and drama with both my dad and mom’s sides of the family.

But, I still give daily thanks to God for leading me to His true church.
 
I became Catholic Trough RCIA, but I suspect my sponsors may look at me as a “failed project” if I end up leaving for Orthodoxy.
Oh well, thats life…
 
My RCIA consisted of a couple of conversations with a priest, 4 meetings with the DRE and an instructor, the scrutinies during Lent, and Easter Vigil. Total time = 8 weeks at age 16. So, a little different than the norm, but as Hoosier Daddy said, the universal rites and process were there. I also had formal religious education for a couple of years after with the other high schoolers in the parish.
 
Catholic since birth. Strong faith honed from two very devout parents.
 
Actually I think most of my actual conversion happened before I joined in RCIA. That was the result of me converting. It began a period of instruction for me, but not actual conversion of heart. My heart was set already on God and I had no clue about RCIA at all. That is where the Priest sent me after I asked about becoming a Catholic. I didn’t go there to get converted. I was told however, that several lukewarms were sent to our group that year to see if it would spark them up sort of and help facilitate their more committed return to the Sacraments. One brought her son about half way through the year for instruction too because he lacked Confirmation. They both stopped coming really close to Easter, so I don’t know what actually happened. I heard that the young man continued on privately later on and did at least get Confirmed but the mom stopped coming to Church altogether.

Glenda
 
I didn’t vote because I’m basically a little bit of column A and column B.

I was baptized Catholic at birth, sent to CCD until I made communion and rarely set foot inside of a Church with the exceptions of Christmas and Easter and the occasional funeral. I had virtually zero knowledge of my faith but was raised “culturally Catholic” by my family.

The first non-Catholic but practicing Christian I met was my husband. He was raised Pentacoastal but had been interested in converting to the Catholic Church. We grew in the faith together and attended RCIA together. I learned more in that 6 month time frame about the Church then I had over the past 25 years of being Catholic.

Even though I was only looking to be confirmed into the Church through RCIA, I felt like I was a brand new Catholic.
 
I have been a Catholic since birth.

I did not go to a Catholic grade/grammar school, but I did go to catechism classes from first grade through grade eight.

I received my first communion in first grade, and I was confirmed when I was thirteen, when I was in eighth grade. I received the sacrament of reconciliation when I was nine.

I went to–and graduated from–a Catholic high school.
 
I’ve been through the RCIA only recently.
When it comes to religious beliefs, my father is jewish and my mother protestant. It’s complicated. Neither of them were really keen on going to church, other events and etc. so I basically had to decide for myself when I was younger and now I can choose where I’d like to go.

Interestingly enough, my family has followed me in my journey to the Catholic faith and now we’re active church goers every week!

Being born into the faith may be lucky, but for me it’s the journey of finding it that matters a lot. I’m thankful for the many things I’ve learned along the way!
 
I became Catholic when I was four years old, so I picked the second choice. My parents went through RCIA, and I went through all the other stages of full initiation one step at a time. That process ended up lasting a while. I love being Catholic!
 
I need a third option, although I did answer “born Catholic.”
Because yes, I was BORN into a Catholic family, but actually BECAME Catholic only recently. My background is as Catholic as it gets…Italian-Catholic family, Catholic schools from K all through college, altar boy (even got to serve mass with Cardinal O’Connor is St. Patrick’s Cathedral), Catholic wedding, etc. But it’s only recently that I have actually begun to understand my faith, and actually believe the teachings of my Church. think too many people say they are Catholic as if it is a nationality. Like you are born Catholic so you just are one and always will be. Being a Catholic, of course, is so much more.
 
Emme781 said:
I need another answer option. I became Catholic at age 10 after my parents divorced and my mom married a divorced Catholic, then had my brother and I baptised/confirmed/sent to Catholic school (even though she and my stepfather couldn’t be married in the church). It created lots of conflict and drama with both my dad and mom’s sides of the family.

But, I still give daily thanks to God for leading me to His true church.
Click to expand...
👍 Thanks for sharing your story. I can imagine the conflict and drama…
 
madtom said:
I need a third option, although I did answer “born Catholic.”
Because yes, I was BORN into a Catholic family, but actually BECAME Catholic only recently. My background is as Catholic as it gets…Italian-Catholic family, Catholic schools from K all through college, altar boy (even got to serve mass with Cardinal O’Connor is St. Patrick’s Cathedral), Catholic wedding, etc. But it’s only recently that I have actually begun to understand my faith, and actually believe the teachings of my Church. think too many people say they are Catholic as if it is a nationality. Like you are born Catholic so you just are one and always will be. Being a Catholic, of course, is so much more.
Click to expand...
I’m with you Madtom, just because I was born a Catholic doesn’t mean I always understood the treasures. It took years of searching, thinking, listening and praying. Now I thank God every day for my family who passed the faith along to me… Faith of our Fathers living still… :harp:
 
Raised atheist from father and public school system (although my Catholic mother got me baptized when i was little), I converted to Christianity when I was 19 in my college years after atheism didn’t seem like it was the way to go and to Catholicism after a 8 or so months with a evangelical/protestant (they didn’t like the term protestant) community.
 
Cradle Catholic raised in a family setting of: “Do as I say, but not how I act”.

Peace to all and God Bless.
 
Neither. I’ve done RCIA, but cannot officially convert until my annulment is ruled on and I can convalidate my marriage. We need a “future convert” option!
 
Sorry all, I didn’t realize there was so many more answers to I thought was a cut and dry question.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top