RCIA

[girlface2010]

**Hello.

I am almost at the end of the break from the RCIA, after the inital enquiry period.

My partner is Catholic (his family is Italian) but he was not Confirmed - just Baptised and so he is attending the RCIA with me as a refresher.

I have brought and been reading the Catholicism for Dummies book (on the advice of one of the people teaching the group with Father Paul) and I have dipped in and out of it, but with the RCIA starting again on the 20th I am wanting to read it in more detail and I am wondering where to start with it?

I also have the Cathecism book ordered from eBay and it should arrive this week sometime.

Is anyone else currently attending the RCIA course? I would love to have someone to discuss things with.**

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

I’m an RCIA director and there are others here as well. Please ask questions or tell us what is going on with you. We are definitely interested!

 

[Peter5]

To whom this may concern,

 I'm a RCIA Catecumen myself and am converting officially from atheism. I was into baptist and nondenominational origins but never was baptized. I'm willing to help; if you want to e-mail private message if its lengthy. I've noticed Cradle Catholics have a rough growing up cause nobody thinks critically it seems on critical things. From my understanding the teaching has gotten more politically correct and more lax even a Knights of Columbus person told me about their future liberal trends in the catholic church. What a shame cause I'm converting cause of the social conservativism like anglicans and lutharians with others from the protestant world cause of the lack of stance on serious moral questions that can only be answered by the catholic church. 
 So, I'm blind as well so might loose where this thread actually goes. IIt might be best for you to either talk on here more or privately message me cause I'm taking my precious time in orientation purposes. Actually I would suggest a person for further explain the catechism with the American Bishop Conference website on the e-textbook and the understanding of the church by encouraging personal interest to florish like myself. Questions lead to more questions with further ensight into the religio n and catholics in tradition. Looking into some refermation books might also do yo9u a wonder as well to define why people left the church and the reforms since then like Vatican I and II with the various Pope's papers and such. Good luck and God bless you guys.

God bless,
Peter

 

[RBK]

  From my understanding the teaching has gotten more politically correct and more lax even a Knights of Columbus person told me about their future liberal trends in the catholic church. What a shame cause I'm converting cause of the social conservativism like anglicans and lutharians with others from the protestant world cause of the lack of stance on serious moral questions that can only be answered by the catholic church.

The teaching has not changed, but some in the Church have allowed secular society to influence their beliefs. Can you name another church that teaches that contraception is a sin? All Christians held this belief until the 1930’s. The Catholic Church has remained steadfast. I came into the Church 3 1/2 years ago. However, I visited three parishes before I found an RCIA program that taught in accordance with the Magisterium. I hope you have found this as well. I would not remain in a program that taught heresy, because unfortunately, there are lots of those out there.

May God bless you on your journey.

 

[The_Old_Medic]

Oh how I wish that there had been a program like RCIA when I came into the Church.

I was baptized on a Saturday afternoon in October, 1958. The Priest, my sponsor and I were the only persons in the Church. I went to confession immediately after Baptism (which made no sense, but that’s the way it was done back then.

The next morning, I went up to Communion with everyone else in the church. It was so anti-climatic, I really felt like I was missing something.

Two weeks later, I was confirmed, along with all of the other 14-15 year olds in our Diocese. We all went to the Cathedral. I was asked to write down my Confirmation name, the Bishop came along, Confirmed me with an anointing, slapped my face as he called ma a “Soldier of Christ”, and moved on to the next kid.

I much prefer the way it is done today. There is an actual recognition that you chose to come into the church, you do it in front of the Congregation, and there is acknowledgement of the fact that you studied hard and made this choice of your own volition.

 

[Peter5]

My RCIA host parish is quite conservative in teaching as far as I know right now. For some reason us converts tend to be much more orthadox than the Cradle Catholics. They have taken their upbringing forgranted cause of their lax demeanor to complying with the outside politically correct world. Modernism is all of the sudden cool? Mmmm, I love the history, traditions, steadfastness, and vigor of strength of the catholic church.
The person mentioning the Congregation, probably meant assembly? I look up the most up-to-date terms and talk in both sometimes. Look into some ministers say “Confession” when I say “Reconsilation” or I say “Eucharist” not communion as others do. I think these phrase keywords are more pin point but probably less tradition yet they hold more traditional point of views. Am I right?
I hope that your RCIA in Notingham, England goes great! I had a friend in East Angley but he was unfortunately from his account a jew. RCIA is very interesting but I have already learned a lot in conversations, reading the catechism, rite of the holy mass, Rosary Booklet, attending Mass and things like that to enhance me well over the pale of the typical RCIA. Actually maybe it would be good idea to uninformally reinstate latin in parish life more often? I know someone who knows latin and might take a class with them on it. I wonder how hard it actually is to learn latin? I would lik to learn more on the protestant refermation cause arming yourself in potentially debative topics like the church against protestants in the narrowminded southern prospective in the homogenous areas is tough. I know this cause I used to live in the west and now live in the south and there are so many things people should be quiet in the south about catholicism its not even funny.

God bless,
Peter