Help Am I Catholic?

[tjord00]

Hello everyone!
I have a very important question and I am worried about the answer. I was baptized in an Episcopalian Church when I was a baby. I received first communion in a Catholic Church when most Catholic children receive it. The Church knew that I was baptized in an Episcopal Church but let me go through with first communion anyways. I never got confirmed. I talked to a priest about RCIA classes and he said I don’t need them, only that I need to get confirmed. So can anyone help me? I am now 23 and have never been confirmed in the Catholic Church or baptized in the Catholic Church. The only sacrament I received from the Cathoilc Church was Communion. Please email me or post on here…
aryatara108@hotmail.com Thank you!

 

[puzzleannie]

your priest is correct. you need to enroll in an adult confirmation class, or make other arrangements with the priest to prepare for Confirmation. You may be placed in an RCIA class with other adults as a matter of convenience, since you will be studying a lot of the same things, but their experience and rites will be different from yours, since they are also preparing for baptism. As a member of the baptized, you will be among those accompanying them on their journey.

You will need a letter or certificate from the Episcopal Church with the facts of your baptism. Depending on your diocese you may be confirmed at the Easter vigil, at a diocesan ceremony (often on Pentecost Sunday) with other adults, or when the bishop visits your parish to confirm youth.

 

[Orionthehunter]

I am confused. Are you going to communion w/o ever going to Confession? If so, you need to make sure that the Priest understands this.

 

[Erich]

tjord00:

I received first communion in a Catholic Church when most Catholic children receive it. The Church knew that I was baptized in an Episcopal Church but let me go through with first communion anyways.

Might you have made some sort of formal affirmation of your baptismal promises prior to making your First Communion, perhaps around the time when most Catholic children make their first confession? If so, there ought to be a record of it at that parish (which, by the way, became your “parish of record” for purposes of things like getting a copy of your baptismal certificate during marriage preparation – assuming you eventually get married in the Church)

At the time of my older son’s first confession, there were two students – from two different families – who had been baptised according to the Lutheran tradition (in both cases, one parent was Catholic and the other parent was Lutheran; in both cases, the children were being raised Catholic and attending Catholic school). Part of the First Reconciliation service included a formal Rite of Affirmation (for these two students) and a Renewal of Baptismal Promises (for everyone else). This was followed at some point by individual first confessions for all students.

Just a thought…

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

tjord00:

Hello everyone!
I have a very important question and I am worried about the answer. I was baptized in an Episcopalian Church when I was a baby. I received first communion in a Catholic Church when most Catholic children receive it. The Church knew that I was baptized in an Episcopal Church but let me go through with first communion anyways. I never got confirmed. I talked to a priest about RCIA classes and he said I don’t need them, only that I need to get confirmed. So can anyone help me? I am now 23 and have never been confirmed in the Catholic Church or baptized in the Catholic Church. The only sacrament I received from the Cathoilc Church was Communion. Please email me or post on here…
aryatara108@hotmail.com Thank you!

You really need to contact the parish where your First Communion took place and see how it was recorded. They may have made an entry in the Baptismal register noting your Baptism and then Holy Communion. This would have esentially made you a member of the Catholic Church. If your Sacraments were not recorded in the parish then you would need to be received into full union with the Catholic Church.