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Has anybody else noticed an increase of “I’m (teenager) and I want to convert to Catholicism!” on these boards?

I was 18 when I converted. I just read a post from a 15 year old Methodist who wants to convert, on a thread from a convert from 7th Day Adventists who still lived at home. There are others I’ve read lately but I can’t think of them.

Has this always been the way it is and I’m just noticing it? Are we just rebelling against our parents IYO?

Just wanted to get others opinions.
 
Hmm… Personally (as one of these young converts at 16) it seems like there is a rather surprising amount of us here on CAF. I suppose it would be natural, though, since this is a CAF. It sort of has a condensing effect. When you type in “Catholic” on google, the first site I got that looked good was catholic.com, CA with the also CAF, and it seemed like a good place to get my questions answered.

There is the statistic floating around somewhere, or something like it, that says a large percentage of people make decisions about religion, or non-, before the age of 20 something. The teen years seem like a perfect time for people to study something like this. And teens tend to make their decisions rather more rashly, I admit, but this sort of truth is hard to keep from.
 
I’m one of those young converts! I made the choice to convert at 16, and was received at 17. I’m now attending an Eastern Catholic parish (Maronite) because of the “Protestantizing” of all the Roman parishes in my area.

I converted from Methodism and could never be happier.👍 I was so involved in Methodist community, but once I found the Fullness of Truth in the Catholic Church, I couldn’t stay Methodist. I pray for Methodists all the time to find the Truth, but it doesn’t help my being young. Older Methodists think that I’m a foolish kid who wants to be different.🤷

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Rawb said:
Has anybody else noticed an increase of “I’m (teenager) and I want to convert to Catholicism!” on these boards?

I was 18 when I converted. I just read a post from a 15 year old Methodist who wants to convert, on a thread from a convert from 7th Day Adventists who still lived at home. There are others I’ve read lately but I can’t think of them.

Has this always been the way it is and I’m just noticing it? Are we just rebelling against our parents IYO?

Just wanted to get others opinions.
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Nope, it’s hard to remain Protestant after reading the Bible. Martin Luther himself led me to Catholicism.
 
Rawb said:
Has anybody else noticed an increase of “I’m (teenager) and I want to convert to Catholicism!” on these boards?

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well I have noted an increase in our parish, in the last month over 30 children and youth grade 6 and up have come in to ask about becoming Catholic, the kids, not their parents, are asking. Most are brought by friends in CCD, but some come on their own. Awesome.
 
puzzleannie said:
well I have noted an increase in our parish, in the last month over 30 children and youth grade 6 and up have come in to ask about becoming Catholic, the kids, not their parents, are asking. Most are brought by friends in CCD, but some come on their own. Awesome.
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Glory to Jesus Christ!

That’s simply awesome. My prayers with your parish.

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Andrew
 
I’m only 23, but I’m a “cradle Catholic”. I personally haven’t noticed local young converts, but it’s a wonderful thing to hear about.
 
if even half these kids continue it will be the first year we have a teen RCIA class, as well as a child’s and adult’s class. Some of these kids are “cultural Catholics” and come from nominally Catholic families but just never were baptized, but most are of no religious background at all. Now whether this is a “girlfriend drags boyfriend to CCD on pizza night” thing, or whether it is genuine remains to be seen, but they are coming back each week, even when there is no pizza
 
puzzleannie said:
if even half these kids continue it will be the first year we have a teen RCIA class, as well as a child’s and adult’s class. Some of these kids are “cultural Catholics” and come from nominally Catholic families but just never were baptized, but most are of no religious background at all. Now whether this is a “girlfriend drags boyfriend to CCD on pizza night” thing, or whether it is genuine remains to be seen, but they are coming back each week, even when there is no pizza
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For me it was the only thing that made sense.
 
Glad to see this isn’t something just online. It is interesting to hear this. I wonder why it seems that this is happening now, (unless it’s been happening for a while?)

And no, I don’t think we’re actually just rebelling against our parents.
 
Glory and Praise to our Lord Jesus!

I always worry about who will fill the pews in the church when the older faithful generation passes. God will raise up His faithful ones.

I hope this is the next wave of holy and righteous that will take us into the next millenium.

Crystal
 
I was a cradle catholic became a baptist when my parents divorce at age 4 and came back to the Catholic church at age 12 on my own. My mother would take me to mass on weekend that we ( me and my brother) spent with her. I felt this is God’s church. So I had my mother take me to talk to the priest and ( I should be ashamed) but had her tell my grandmother that I was leaving the baptist to go back to the Catholic church.
 
I am actually in the process of helping a young man from a non Christian religion discover Catholicism. He asks about the faith and I tell him, and everything seems to strike a chord with him. God willing it will not be long now before he makes the decision to join the Church.
 
LDNCatholic said:
I am actually in the process of helping a young man from a non Christian religion discover Catholicism. He asks about the faith and I tell him, and everything seems to strike a chord with him. God willing it will not be long now before he makes the decision to join the Church.
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May God bless you in the work you are doing with this young man. May the Holy Spirit shine through you and speck to him through you.
Amen
 
I came from a 7th day adventist church too! Maybe that whole church is going catholic. I’m converting over soon.
 
redshock said:
I came from a 7th day adventist church too! Maybe that whole church is going catholic. I’m converting over soon.
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Hi Redshock,

I’m a former SDA. I first wanted to be catholic while attending a Catholic grade school when I was 9. Of course, that didn’t go over well with my SDA mom. When I began to have problems with SDA theology in college, especially with their tendency to demonize the Catholic Church, researching whether or not Catholics really believed what the SDA professors were saying they did led to a renewal of my desire to be Catholic. So I finally converted when I was 21.
I’ve been Catholic now for 25 years!

WELCOME!

MarysRoses
 
I teach the confirmation class at my parish. From what I can notice, the RCIA seems to mostly be people over 50 and under 30. I am not sure why.

I think that the younger people have an easier time finding answers and searching for truth than ever before. For all of the evils that the new information age has, it has good as well. I also think that they have a genuine hunger for something that they see missing in the lives of their parents and friends. Many search, some find our faith. It is a wonderful thing.
 
I suppose you could say I “converted” to Catholicism at 15. In that I was a nominal, lax Catholic who only went to Church because my parents made me - and questioned the existence of God openly to my parents.

That conversion led to me getting really involved in the church and thinking about becoming a priest. I went to college and majored in the study of religion. And thanks in part to those various classes - my belief in Catholicism waned and by the third year of college I looked within and found I was atheist - that is, without the belief in the existence of God. At least the God of Christianity and Gods like it.

I wonder about these early conversions. I wonder where these kids will be when they enter college.
 
Exalt said:
I suppose you could say I “converted” to Catholicism at 15. In that I was a nominal, lax Catholic who only went to Church because my parents made me - and questioned the existence of God openly to my parents.

That conversion led to me getting really involved in the church and thinking about becoming a priest. I went to college and majored in the study of religion. And thanks in part to those various classes - my belief in Catholicism waned and by the third year of college I looked within and found I was atheist - that is, without the belief in the existence of God. At least the God of Christianity and Gods like it.

I wonder about these early conversions. I wonder where these kids will be when they enter college.
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I am young and HATE atheism.
 
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