Sharing your faith with your Mum

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Hi,

I have started the journey of exploring my faith and seeking to convert to become a Catholic. I feel god has called me into his arms and opened my eyes to the world I previously had closed my eyes to. The feeling of enlightenment is so beautiful I am truly blessed to have realised he has a path for me that I need to follow.

Although I was christened a protestant as a baby my mum is not particularly religious and during my early adult life (i’m 28 now) I have not lead a religious life. I want to share with my mum who I love dearly in my new found connection with God and appreciation of faith and my journey into the Church. I am struggling to know how to have the conversation with her as religion is not something we have ever really discussed together.

We live 100s of miles away and only see each other a few times of the year but talk quite regularly on the phone. Knowing whether to share my experiences in person or mention it when she calls is the dilemma I have at the moment.

I would appreciate any guidance or people with shared experiences.

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I was also brought up Protestant (CofE) and entered the Catholic church at the Easter Vigil this year. I also live in NW England, so hello!

There are no Catholics in my family, but I have a very close relationship with my older sister, my parents having died 20 years ago. She’s married to a non-practising Jewish man. When I told her I was planning to convert, she was interested and supportive, although she doesn’t know much about Catholicism. I didn’t make an issue of it, I told her about things that were said at RCIA and she asked me how I was getting on at Mass, things like that.

I asked her to come to the Easter Vigil with my husband (also not Catholic), and she was happy to do so. I think if you are close to your mum and she’s not very religious herself, you’ll probably get a similar response (I hope you will, anyway!).

I did get asked “why?” which is a valid question, as we both attended a CofE school as kids. I just said “it feels like the right thing for me to do, and it makes sense to me”. That seemed to be enough to answer the question. 🙂

I would tell your mum on the phone if you don’t see her often. Perhaps say “I’m planning to start attending classes later this year to explore becoming a Catholic”. That’s a good starter.

Good luck and enjoy the journey!
 
Hi Isca,

Thank you very much for taking time to reply. Amazing how small the world is too I have found the forums really helpful in answering alot of my questions while i’ve been personally exploring and so thought I would join and interact 🙂

I think the why is such a good response too its like having your eyes opened and knowing that the path you are following is the right one.

Interestingly I attended CofE school too up in Cumbria although it has took me untill my late 20s to listen to my heart and seek God myself.

I think you are right about sharing on the phone I wanted to share with her as she is part of my life and wanted her to know god is part of my life too. It is confusing sometimes why we sit and ponder over what can seem like the most simple of tasks but sometimes our own fears and worries pull at our thoughts.

I know my mum believes in God just never been a subject we have discussed growing up due to quite a broken childhood and since growing up its never been something she has ever discussed.

Thank you for your guidance x
 
Hey, ya’ll! I love reading your conversation. I hope and pray things work out well with your mother! My mom is gone now but she gave me my Catholic education at a great price. I didn’t really appreciate it at the time, ignoring most of the teachings as just good “stories.” As I grew and grew closer to God, though, I did share with my mom and she was very happy about it. Like I said, hope it work out well for you. I’ll be praying for you, too!

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
 
Hi Petra,

Thank you for your prayers I have also found great guidance and comfort in the Rosary and the Holy Mother.

Prayer is such a powerful gift God has given us, so simple and so innocent that we often don’t open ourselves up to its power, but once we have you can’t deny God’s beauty and the power of the Lord.

x
 
I congratulate you for “coming to” the Truth of the Catholic
faith, now that
you have “stumbled in” to the True Church, it is JUST
THE BEGINNING of your walk INTO THE LIGHT!
First, I notice your humility for God’s graciousness in
leading you on the path “home” to the Catholic faith.
Humility is continually needed in order for continued
enlightenment(it keeps one from a hardened heart).
Secondly, MANY are coming to, back, into the Roman
Catholic Church! It is rumored that Pope Leo XIII over-
heard a conversation between the devil and Jesus in
which the devil asked and was given 100 years to
destroy the Church(1884-1984)!
 
I converted when I was 21 and my mum is British and not religious so I didn’t tell her when I was in RCIA thinking she would be angry but one day she asked me if I was becoming Catholic (I think she figured it out from my sudden interest in crucifixes) and I told her why I was converting and she was ok with it. Not supportive, but accepted me for it.
Since then ( it’s been almost 2 years) she is more open to God and prayer but has no plans to convert.
My dad isn’t religious either but is just happy that in his eyes I’m a good person.

I’m so happy for your conversion! It’s not always easy following Jesus but his love is worth it and we will never regret it once we are in heaven!
🙂
 
loveandlight, you are well ahead of me as I have just had my 56th birthday! 😃
 
I am a mother of adult children and I can’t imagine not wanting to hear about what they consider to be important to them. Even if your mum doesn’t fully understand or agree, she will probably be delighted that you are sharing the important stuff about your life.
 
Hi all,

Thank you for your kind and wise advice and support. I decided to tell my mum this evening after vigil mass (have to stay in waiting for Ikea delivery tomorrow)

her initial response was “Whats wrong with the church of England”

to that I simply replied “We all have our own faith path in life, its just what feels right and the path god has shown me is the right one, Its been a real positive time in my life and I just wanted to share, sometimes it takes a few years of adulthood to open our eyes”

She says its my life but that she loves me 🙂

Hopefully she can share in the joy I am feeling in connecting with Jesus and the Holy trinity and I will be praying for her too.

God Bless xx
 
loveandlight said:
Hi,

I have started the journey of exploring my faith and seeking to convert to become a Catholic. I feel god has called me into his arms and opened my eyes to the world I previously had closed my eyes to. The feeling of enlightenment is so beautiful I am truly blessed to have realised he has a path for me that I need to follow.

Although I was christened a protestant as a baby my mum is not particularly religious and during my early adult life (i’m 28 now) I have not lead a religious life. I want to share with my mum who I love dearly in my new found connection with God and appreciation of faith and my journey into the Church. I am struggling to know how to have the conversation with her as religion is not something we have ever really discussed together.

We live 100s of miles away and only see each other a few times of the year but talk quite regularly on the phone. Knowing whether to share my experiences in person or mention it when she calls is the dilemma I have at the moment.

I would appreciate any guidance or people with shared experiences.

x
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I am also a convert and from England!! 🙂

I was baptised at Easter Vigil and my family came to that.
They were very supportive.

My family are originally non-practicing Baptists but my Mum considers herself and athiest along with all the other in my family.

After my baptism my mum started asking questions about Jesus and stuff and I find that if you just drop things into conversations about church, Questions will come naturally!

I ask Our Lady everyday, to ask the Lord to put a sense of Him in their hearts 🙂

God Bless you on this journey!!

Chloe x
 
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