Similarities and differences between Cradle Catholics and Converts

[peace2u2]

What do you call a cradle Catholic who was never brought up in the faith and then later in life went to an Evangelical church and then later on decided to go to the Catholic Church?

I was baptized Catholic but I was brought up atheist. I didn’t actually stop practicing the faith because I never started in the first place. Am I still a revert?

Yes that would be correct; your a revert. I wish there was a nicer sounding name.

I know many people who have fallen away from their Catholic faith and refuse to reenter her doors because they say they didn’t learn about Jesus in the Catholic church, but in a differnt denomination and that is why they refuse to come back.

So sad actually because my first teacher about Jesus was my mother - so maybe these people shouldn’t blame the Catholic church, but their mothers for not teaching them about Jesus?

 

[aidanbradypop]

Yes that would be correct; your a revert. I wish there was a nicer sounding name.

I know many people who have fallen away from their Catholic faith and refuse to reenter her doors because they say they didn’t learn about Jesus in the Catholic church, but in a differnt denomination and that is why they refuse to come back.

So sad actually because my first teacher about Jesus was my mother - so maybe these people shouldn’t blame the Catholic church, but their mothers for not teaching them about Jesus?

You have it so right. A good friend of mine was raised Catholic but her family was not really faithful Catholics. She mentioned once in a small group that she never knew Christ until she left the Church for the Baptist faith. It broke my heart. I told her as much and stated that it had nothing to do with the Church and all to do with how she was raised. I was raised in a Protestant Christ centered home. We hardly ever went to church on Sunday but my parents made sure I knew who Christ was. I learned how to read from the Bible.

She also stated that she never had a personal relationship with Christ in the CC. My relationship with Christ as only gotten stronger since converting at the age of 12.

 

[ReddyFreddy]

You will be in my prayers as well as your mother! May you find peace and I ask the Holy Spirit guide you on your journey!

Thank you.

 

[onemangang]

Two of the most passionate Catholics I have known are cradle Catholics, my Grandmother and my CCD teacher!

I am a revert of sorts, I was raised Catholic, but was very atheistic from a young age, became a non-catholic Christian, and then returned to the One true faith, via grace, study, prayer and love!

My mom gave me my Grandmothers old Catholic cassette tapes after her passing, and upon my return to the Catholic faith, they were teachings of The late great Arch-bishop Fulton Sheen, EWTN was one of the only TV stations she watched.

Funny, I find that many converts are zealous for knowledge of the truth, and evangelize many of their non-catholic Christian friends and family, while I find many more cradle Catholics, steep in Catholic spirituality, prayers, novenas, adoration, intercession of patron Saints…etc…!

Just an observation

 

[DebChris]

Two of the most passionate Catholics I have known are cradle Catholics, my Grandmother and my CCD teacher!

I am a revert of sorts, I was raised Catholic, but was very atheistic from a young age, became a non-catholic Christian, and then returned to the One true faith, via grace, study, prayer and love!

My mom gave me my Grandmothers old Catholic cassette tapes after her passing, and upon my return to the Catholic faith, they were teachings of The late great Arch-bishop Fulton Sheen, EWTN was one of the only TV stations she watched.

Funny, I find that many converts are zealous for knowledge of the truth, and evangelize many of their non-catholic Christian friends and family, while I find many more cradle Catholics, steep in Catholic spirituality, prayers, novenas, adoration, intercession of patron Saints…etc…!

Just an observation

One of the beauties of the Catholic Faith is its richness. The tenets of the Faith are summarized in the Creed. It takes a lifetime, even for a cradle Catholic, to plumb its depths. We begin with the familiar, the devotions to which we were exposed in youth. Many of us read lives of the Saints in our youth, and they serve as examples for our own lives.
Lives of faith can serve as tools of evangelization. According to my mother, it was observation of our family life that drew the converts she and my father sponsored into the Church from outside Christianity.

I let the Holy Spirit guide conversations I have with my non-Catholic brothers and sisters about matters of Faith.