Validly Baptised Christian on RCIA told that he needed a Conditional Baptism

[glendab]

Hello Casilda.

The OP wasn’t given any answers, he was simply given a problem with no real solutions. Making the decision to become Catholic isn’t like the decision to change your hair color. Its a life changing permanent event. Converts and reverts know this. It is harmful to one’s soul to have pressures added arbitrarily by not so competent staff. What we didn’t expect was that every parish has different programs and that volunteers are only as good as their training.

I have read posts from people here who say their RCIA was wonderful and others admit that it was less than adequate. Please stop insinuating that my experience was fabricated.

I don’t think there was an incompetence issue at all. This went all the way to the Bishop and he resolved it by stating that the Baptism needed re-doing and that while the Baptisms of the group in question as a whole are valid, the particular group the OP went to and the actual Sacrament was in question. Keep in mind the Bishop is another Christ and so his opinion carries a much different weight than any one else’s. There was an enormous amount of energy and research put into this. It wasn’t just an arbitrary decision. That spells competent concern and careful discernment.

Glenda