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cfernandomaciel
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I’m from Brazil, 37, father of three children, a passionate husband, and a recently returned to Catholicism man. I’m also the sole responsible for my 3 nephews and my sister, whom has just gotten out of a traumatizing divorce, and was left with nothing to rebuild her own life.
I live in a very small town, of 3,800 inhabitants, it’s a German colony, where the majority of the people are Lutherans. The parish where I belong to is very small, and the majority of the parishioners are elderly people, all German colonizers too. Although I too speak German, they do not let me in their group of friends, because I do not have German roots.
One thing that I enjoy a lot to do, when taking a break from work (I’m a home-office computer programmer) is browsing through Catholic blogs, particularly those specially tailored for men. Among them, here’s a few of which I really like drawing inspiration from:
I find that it’s notably a very common thing in The USA, to get together, to team up with their equals (for the lack of a better term). I can’t help but feel a pinch of jealousy when I see that it’s such an easy thing to find this sense of ‘getting together’ when I look into these websites. As I try to look for something similar here in Brazil, or at least within a reachable distance, I find nothing.
This may sound like a cry for help, and in a sense it really is a cry for help. But I’m starving for a brotherhood, for friends whom I can share my experiences, griefs, common beliefs, and strengthen my faith.
Before being a Catholic, I had been a Mormon for many years. Back when serving as a Mormon Missionary in The USA (where I have learned English), I did get and enjoy this so common sense of fellowship you Americans have so strongly with one another. I’m aware it’s not perfect, and I’m aware that these days, loneliness is becoming a an epidemics there too. But you get none of it here in Brazil. Whether you are a Mormon, or a Catholic, or anything else.
Sometimes I feel that life is just too much to figure out on my own, without having anybody to share my doubts, fears, and frustrations. Without having some human contact whom I can learn something, draw some wisdom from. Some good and faithful men, whom also have their fears, burdens, with their own life experiences, to swap ideas with one another.
I constantly refer to God, He is my companion, and He has NOT left me alone when I needed Him the most. But I need to find some brotherhood, friends to whom I can count with.
Any ideas?
I live in a very small town, of 3,800 inhabitants, it’s a German colony, where the majority of the people are Lutherans. The parish where I belong to is very small, and the majority of the parishioners are elderly people, all German colonizers too. Although I too speak German, they do not let me in their group of friends, because I do not have German roots.
One thing that I enjoy a lot to do, when taking a break from work (I’m a home-office computer programmer) is browsing through Catholic blogs, particularly those specially tailored for men. Among them, here’s a few of which I really like drawing inspiration from:
- https://thosecatholicmen.com
- http://www.catholicdadsonline.org
- http://www.catholicgentlemansguide.com
- https://www.catholicgentleman.net
I find that it’s notably a very common thing in The USA, to get together, to team up with their equals (for the lack of a better term). I can’t help but feel a pinch of jealousy when I see that it’s such an easy thing to find this sense of ‘getting together’ when I look into these websites. As I try to look for something similar here in Brazil, or at least within a reachable distance, I find nothing.
This may sound like a cry for help, and in a sense it really is a cry for help. But I’m starving for a brotherhood, for friends whom I can share my experiences, griefs, common beliefs, and strengthen my faith.
Before being a Catholic, I had been a Mormon for many years. Back when serving as a Mormon Missionary in The USA (where I have learned English), I did get and enjoy this so common sense of fellowship you Americans have so strongly with one another. I’m aware it’s not perfect, and I’m aware that these days, loneliness is becoming a an epidemics there too. But you get none of it here in Brazil. Whether you are a Mormon, or a Catholic, or anything else.
Sometimes I feel that life is just too much to figure out on my own, without having anybody to share my doubts, fears, and frustrations. Without having some human contact whom I can learn something, draw some wisdom from. Some good and faithful men, whom also have their fears, burdens, with their own life experiences, to swap ideas with one another.
I constantly refer to God, He is my companion, and He has NOT left me alone when I needed Him the most. But I need to find some brotherhood, friends to whom I can count with.
Any ideas?