Would you want to go to a doctor who had never attended medical school because “going to medical school isn’t part of what working doctors do, so I didn’t really see it as being very important. I decided to just set up my practice and start working, because that’s what working doctors do.”
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Just making it easier to see earlier posts.
Yeah I know. It’s really hard to get a hold of her though…I’ve been told “we can work something out” but I had to tell one of the priests to get her to call me back after 3 phone messages and 2 emails just to be able to talk to me for 5min after mass.
I’ll do what I need to, I’m just kind of annoyed with it.Well, I can tell you’re annoyed.Yeah I know. It’s really hard to get a hold of her though…I’ve been told “we can work something out” but I had to tell one of the priests to get her to call me back after 3 phone messages and 2 emails just to be able to talk to me for 5min after mass.
Really though, there’s a reason I titled this post “whining” and not “advice”
Thanks for the link, I just bought that.
That’s an exception to the rule, but he probably knows you pretty well it sounds like and maybe he knows you’re going to bring your questions, and you were ready psychologically and spiritually.
It’s the internet. I doubt complaining on forums ever changed anything. Hence, whining.
How many people are in the current class? Sounds like you might be in a fairly large parish.
Yes he did. I am very blessed. The more I learn, the more I want to learn. I’m going to attend RCIA starting next week. I’m sure there will be a lot of things covered that I already know. That’s fine b/c it won’t hurt me to hear it again.
Good idea. I know, even as a Catholic, I like to attend programs sometimes, and enjoy the fellowship. I usually learn something, and not all of it from books.
The RCIA process is similar in many ways to two people entering a relationship. When you first meet a person there is an attraction. You might not know what it is about that person that you like but you want to know more. You start going out and it often takes a long time to really get to know that person. You don’t sit down for a dinner and interview them or study them so that you know all you can know about them. You discover who they are gradually and sometimes it takes years. Good relationships can’t be rushed. After a time, you may decide you want to get married, so you there is a time of growing deeper in the relationship. YOu meet the family and get to know them and deepen your relationship with them as well. You are part of the family, but not quite officially. Then comes the wedding, the consummation of what might have taken years of falling in love and committing to each other. But learning about each other never ends but grows as your marriage grows, as children come, as joys and sorrows occur. It’s the same with initiation into the Church. It has to be more than simply learning facts, it is the development of a relationship with Christ and with Christ’s Church.
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Sorry, I should have said that the RCIA classes aren’t required now and never have been. There has always been the possibility of private instruction.
That’s my point - I can’t actually make the classes, so I seem to be getting stuck with vague bits of “here’s some kids literature we’ll talk sometime but not really because no one will contact you or return your calls.” But last time there were only 5 people brought in at easter, so I can’t imagine it will be huge this time around.
Well, I mean you either want to enter the Church or you don’t want to enter the Church. There are RCIA classes for you, if you do. Maybe they expect you to be there.
kkollwitz, that’s another topic. Read the original post please.
Then when I talked to them they should have said that instead of telling me they’ll work something out and then not doing anything. What am I supposed to do, drop out of school and lose my job because they have to put the classes on one night I can’t do?