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Hello, I am kind of new around here and am hoping to be around a lot. I am just beginning a relationship with God, I was brought up to believe that God was very unfair, and spiteful, and extremely mean to those who made him angry. Now as an adult I have sent my oldest child to a catholic school and am quite impressed with what she is learning (out of the mouths of babes huh lol) and have realized that I am truly missing something in my life, and have done quite a lot of research and keep getting drawn back to the Catholic faith. I have researched just about ALL different faiths out there, but for some reason keep getting drawn back here. I am unbaptized and am hoping that it is not too late to enter into the church. Sadly I do not know where to start. I guess I’ll just have to go talk to the Padre on my base. Anyhow, Happy Easter to all, and glad to be here. Hope to meet some good people.

Ryan
 
Happy Easter Ryan and welcome !

Well, let’s get started 🙂 We are now in the season of Eastertide. One page crash course here.
fisheaters.com/customseastertide1.html

Also get a copy of This Is The Faith for an easy to read, but thorough understanding of what Catholics believe. Your local library may have a copy of it.

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It’s a beautiful faith Ryan, and now is a great time to enter the Church. We have a very devout Pope and the pendulum is swinging toward the orthodox after flirting with more liberal pastoral efforts.

Please, if nothing else, watch this video. It’s a documentary of sorts, and hopefully move you closer to joining us in Christ’s Name.

youtube.com/watch?v=d20nzljVYPM

God Bless you brother 🙂
 
And yes, go talk to the Priest at the Catholic Church in your area. He will recommend you join RCIA- and after learning about what the Catholic Church teaches- you will recieve Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist at next years Easter Vigil.
Also, if you are married, and since you mentioned you have a child, they too can join the church, be baptized etc. I would suggest you have a family when you talk to the priest, so he can recommend something for everyone! Your child(en) will go through a program called RCIC.

If you have any question just ask! I would love you help!

God bless!
 
Ryan,

I’m a convert too and was unbaptised by my parents. My Dad told me that he thought it was unfair of him to decide my religion.

Well, here we are many years later. In a way I think my Dad was right. Even though I ran a real high risk for my first 30 years and with Vietnam thrown in for fun, I can see his point.

But when I met my wife to be (I was 26) I suddenly began to see thing in a different light.
We were married in the Catholic church in 1966 and by the time we had our first child and had settled down I was 30 years old (1970) Then one day I asked how I could become Catholic too. Back then there was no RCIA program. Just one on one with the priest, a six pack and a pizza once a week. Honest, thats how it was for me.

I loved what I thought was the church but right after I was Received things hit the “fan”. The Mass was a new invention almost every Sunday. How I stayed I’ll never know but here I am 40 years later. Only now I’m a genuine EF Latin Rite Catholic. Once in a while I attend the NO.

Be careful of SOME RCIA programs. Investigate them and see who is leading them. Be wary of what they present. I’m sure you can hear all kinds of horror stories about RCIA on this forum as well as some very good stories. so that alone should alert you to BEWARE.

The Catholic church is everything to me now. It become more important to me each day.

God Bless you in your journey.
 
Well thank you all very much for you (name removed by moderator)ut, it has been a real help. Thanks for the links At Trent, I will check out the video later after I get home from walking the dog. I am married and have 3 children actually, my oldest just old enough to go to Kindergarten. She is attending a Catholic School. Its funny how much I am learning just from what she brings home.

I too had parents that felt it unfair to have me baptized, however they also did not really give me a decent understanding of what God is, or what it is like to have a relationship with him. I guess at 31 I am just feeling as though I am missing something bigger in my life. Believing in nothing has gotten me nowhere, and I don’t really know why but I feel better just talking about faith here, or whenever I do some research on it. I think i am on the right path now and am looking forward to what is to come over the next while.

Thanks again
 
Welcome to CAF, Ryan! 👋

The first step is definitely to talk to your priest. He will be able to help you in ways that us anonymous internet posters cannot.

CAF is a great place to come to for answers to specific questions (even if we all don’t necessarily agree on everything! ;)).

Here are some websites that you should know about:
  • The Official Vatican website: www.vatican.va (the name says it all! :))
  • The U.S. Bishops website: www.usccb.org (if you’re from the U.S., this will have some pertinent info; even if you’re not, there are some good resources here)
  • The Catechism of the Catholic Church: www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm (this is a very helpful, searchable online version of the 2nd edition of the new universal Catechism; if you want to know what the Church teaches about something, go here first).
Here are some other sites that I have found helpful but are not official arms of the Church:
 
Welcome Home! The Holy Spirit is calling you into the Catholic Church. When you are ready, you should give your local Catholic Church a call and enroll in their RCIA program. There will find like minded adults who are in various stages of their faith journey and support from the RCIA team who will answer your questions and help guide you along your way. There is no pressure to join the Church. Hopefully, you will be the first, and then lead your family into the Church.
 
No matter what, always remember that any individual parish or priest does not stand for the Church. You might have to visit a few different parishes before you find a good orthodox priest who follows the Church and can teach you well, without spin. God Bless, you have an amazing journey ahead of you! It’s so beautiful to finally have a real relationship with God the way He wants it to be… I sort of feel like a convert because I’ve only really became devout over the last year. God has SOOO much in store for us! When we really learn to hear His voice… it’s crazy 🙂 you’ll never be the same again!
 
Thanks again all for your (name removed by moderator)ut, I placed a call in today to one of the Catholic padres on the base here, and am hoping to hear back soon. I am really looking forward to meeting with him, almost excited actually, which trust me if you knew me, that’s saying a lot lol. I am now going to start sifting through these links you fine folks have left for me. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
 
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Thanks again all for your (name removed by moderator)ut, I placed a call in today to one of the Catholic padres on the base here, and am hoping to hear back soon. I am really looking forward to meeting with him, almost excited actually, which trust me if you knew me, that’s saying a lot lol. I am now going to start sifting through these links you fine folks have left for me. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
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Good deal. That video doesn’t relate to your specific situation, but does show, imo, faith makes more sense than doubt. At least to the atheist who visited them. He obviously was moved and humbled.
 
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