She not sure she's Catholic anymore

[Catholic90]

The Church does not hurt people, people may have their feelings hurt by individuals who are Catholic or be offended by doctrines - heck, people walked away from Jesus because what He taught was too hard.

The Church is Christ’s Church, she is perfect - she contains some imperfect people, yep.

Guess it is just because I am a convert, I had to risk family and friends to come into full communion, and I will defend Her to my last breath.

I, too, am a convert. 20 years now. I grew up LCMS, and honestly did not find many critical differences between the 2.

What the priest and DRE did to us and our family was not “hard”; it was mean. The way the “religious directors” treated my CHILDREN over the past month has been horrible. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like in what they have done. Since our little incident, others have been coming forward and sharing their similar experiences. It is quite eye-opening.

Priests, who represent the Church, can be mean. Priests can be the antithesis of Christ, because they are sinners. I guess it hurts worse, though, because they are supposed to know better. When a DRE intentionally excludes children from certain programs, because she is afraid she will lose her job if the numbers on paper don’t look quite right, rather than minister to some real needs, she has lost her focus and her calling. And she, along with the priest, has caused the parish to lose a family. How will they answer God for that?

 

[BornAgainBrat]

I, too, am a convert. 20 years now. I grew up LCMS, and honestly did not find many critical differences between the 2.

What the priest and DRE did to us and our family was not “hard”; it was mean. The way the “religious directors” treated my CHILDREN over the past month has been horrible. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like in what they have done. Since our little incident, others have been coming forward and sharing their similar experiences. It is quite eye-opening.

Priests, who represent the Church, can be mean. Priests can be the antithesis of Christ, because they are sinners. I guess it hurts worse, though, because they are supposed to know better. When a DRE intentionally excludes children from certain programs, because she is afraid she will lose her job if the numbers on paper don’t look quite right, rather than minister to some real needs, she has lost her focus and her calling. And she, along with the priest, has caused the parish to lose a family. How will they answer God for that?

Yes, some can be harsh but they not the norm. Most want to help you and have an open ear as many of us here do.

I never thought I’d experience it here as to the oversee, but I was on my few posts on a thread… A stark welcome to a new poster as me. Posts removed from a thread which were very well thought out. Not a thread I created, but offered some thoughts and what did I get? You are pushing an "AGENDA’??? Admonishment and D-merits and post removal. I was astonished. I have no anenda. I’m responding to threads with thoughts to help people feel better about themself.

 

[kage_ar]

I, too, am a convert. 20 years now. I grew up LCMS, and honestly did not find many critical differences between the 2.

What the priest and DRE did to us and our family was not “hard”; it was mean. The way the “religious directors” treated my CHILDREN over the past month has been horrible. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like in what they have done. Since our little incident, others have been coming forward and sharing their similar experiences. It is quite eye-opening.

Priests, who represent the Church, can be mean. Priests can be the antithesis of Christ, because they are sinners. I guess it hurts worse, though, because they are supposed to know better. When a DRE intentionally excludes children from certain programs, because she is afraid she will lose her job if the numbers on paper don’t look quite right, rather than minister to some real needs, she has lost her focus and her calling. And she, along with the priest, has caused the parish to lose a family. How will they answer God for that?

These people were hard, or mean, or ugly, or rude or even evil - they were still acting as individuals. The Church, the eternal Church of Christ Triumphant, Militant and Suffering did do this - go through the proper channels to report these incidents or events to the superiors at the Diocese and let it be dealt with in a pastoral and human resources manner.

Don’t leave Jesus because of Judas.