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Are You a Convert? A Revert? Please Tell Us Your Story!

  
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Kaci- Sunshine-DG- #3 (away)

Mommy thinks i'm- adorable!
 
 
Barked: Sun May 10, '09 8:45am PST 
I love conversion stories, don't you? big grin

Is anyone a convert to Catholicism?
Or did you leave the Faith and then return?

Would you like to tell us your story? Long story or short story, we'd love to hear it! Comments and discussion are welcome too. big grin


Mommy was born a Catholic in a Catholic family, grew up in a neighborhood where almost everyone was Catholic, went to Catholic schools and was a pretty faithful Catholic. When she was in her late 20's, she gradually drifted away and eventually stopped going to Church and practicing the Faith. If you had asked her why she drifted away, she would have told you she still believed in God but didn't like organized religion. In other words, she didn't want to be bothered!

When mommy was around 35, she worked in an office where everyone was a Christian (although not Catholics). Some were born again Christians and mommy became friends with them and they *witnessed* to her and mommy was *saved* and became a born again Christian. This was the beginning of her *faith journey* and she studied the Bible and theology and visited all kinds of churches and eventually become a member of a Presbyterian church. But she wasn't really satisfied and was drawn to the Catholic church although everyone she knew would tell her that it isn't a Christian church and going back would be a disaster! In other words, if she went back that meant she really wasn't saved. big grin

Long story short . . . mommy studied the history of Christianity, read the Catechism and all kinds of stuff about doctrine and who believed what and why. She started going back to Church and eventually returned to the Catholic Faith. big grin
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CHADWICK

BORN TO BE- ORANGE.
 
 
Barked: Mon May 11, '09 4:20pm PST 
That is a wonderful story Kaci!

My mom is a convert. From her earlies years she had a friend in St Bernadette, who was alongside her every step of her very circutious path home. She was born into a "religiously confused" family where nobody wanted to be who or what they really were. She had an OL of Fatima holy card, attended a Unitarian Sunday School, went to a Diciples of Christ youth group, was befriended by the Sisters of St. Benedict, became an unconfirmed Episcopalian, went into the long dark night of the soul, and emerged again, finally, with Christ calling her fimrly into The Faith which had always beckoned her: the Catholic Church. Embracing the True Presence in the Holy Eucharist has been like waking up to truth she was born knowning, returning to somewhere she had come from. The Catholic church is home to my mom.
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Barked: Tue May 12, '09 2:10pm PST 
Mommy is a convert, she was raised going to different Churches, and her daddy said she could choose a Religion when she was old enough. So mommy met daddy, and daddy was born and raised Catholic, but they were only married by the state of Calfiornia, with in the first year of their marriage they had a lot of problems and contemplated divorce, but through their Church they found a program called Retrovialle that helps married couples that are in dire need of help, they are a Catholic based group and through their time in that group mommy decided to go through the RCIA program, her and daddy got married through the Church and that Easter (4 years ago) she recieved all her Sacraments. For 2 years after she was the Deacons assistant for the RCIA program, but then her pain had gotten so bad she had to bow out of the course, now her and daddy are Eucharitsic Ministers and they take Holy Communion to the sick and people who cant make it to Church. I thank God everyday for coming into my life.

I love sharing stories and reading others, it is so inspiring.
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Pumpkin Puss-

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Barked: Tue May 12, '09 8:15pm PST 
My mom was born and raised Catholic, but didn't feel very strongly about her faith growing up. I suppose it was because even though she went to parochial schools, studied Catechism, etc., none of it just never really touched her. She stopped going to church for a while, and wasn't interested in pursuing any spiritual practices or delving deeper into other religions, either.

It was when she married Dad two years ago that she began looking at Catholicism with a fresh set of eyes. He wanted the marriage to be performed in the Church and felt so strongly about that! She had only wanted a civil ceremony performed in the courthouse. But when he said that he wouldn't have it any other way, she realized that his faith was very important to him. She began going to church again regularly, and even though she is sometimes still a "doubting Thomas," she is also more open to the Catholic faith and its teachings now.

Dad, in a sense, never lost his faith. But he had a twisty path back to the Church, too. His parents divorced when he was a child, so his dad left to join another denomination. His mom left religious life entirely, which was a shock to everyone. Before she'd met and married his father, she was actually preparing to become a nun. shock And she was also raised in a religious Irish Catholic family. Dad was baptized in the Church, but didn't receive Communion and wasn't confirmed until he was an adult. However, as a teen he'd still attend Mass. Once he joined the Army, Dad enrolled in RCIA and received the sacraments.

BTW, Dad says that being in Catholic Pets is such a good influence on me. laugh out loud I am a CATholic, after all!
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Dusty Miller

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Barked: Tue May 12, '09 8:26pm PST 
wave i come from a family of Catholics... some go to church, some not. one uncle has gone so far as becoming a Catholic priest. i did not make my confirmation until a couple of weeks before we got married by the church. we were married 5 years before we got married by the church. i also stopped going to church when we moved around a lot and was uncomfortable at new churches. since we have moved back to our hometown, i am now going back to the church where i started. it is some 30 mins. away but i feel very comfortable there. cloud 9
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Lucy

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Barked: Wed May 13, '09 7:22am PST 
These are such great stories!

Mother and Father were both born and raised Catholic. Both of their families are all Catholic, though on my grandmother's side, most have fallen away and become Methodist. Two of Grandfather's uncles have become priests. Neither Father or Mother has really ever fallen away, but Mother did have a rough time in high school where she questioned things, but never stopped going to Mass. Of course, she found her way back, and her meeting Father really solidified her faith.
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Sleepy Hollow- Mya		 
 
Barked: Wed May 13, '09 8:22am PST 
Do you ever wonder why people go away from the Church? God? Faith? Maybe because I wasnt following any Faith for most of my life, for once I feel I have a purpose, that I am part of Gods big plan, and I deserve the life that he has given me. For a big part of my life, 27 years to be exact, I was a wonderer, no purpose, just going through the motions of life, now with God, Church and the community services we do I feel whole, this is my calling. Just curious why someone would want to be lost shrug
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Kaci- Sunshine-DG- #3 (away)

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Barked: Fri May 15, '09 7:28am PST 
Oh, these are all wonderful and inspiring stories!

Some of us never fall away but some of us start questioning everything our parents and society taught us when we reach our teens and early 20's. We want independence and *freedom* to choose our own beliefs, values and lifestyle. It often means rejecting the religion we were raised in. For those raised Catholic, it means falling away from the Church either overtly or through indifference.

Which leads me to ask. How many times do you encounter people who, no matter what religion or church they now belong to or even if they never go to Church anymore, will tell you they're ex-Catholics or fallen way Catholics? Or even call themselves non-practicing Catholics? It seems that being a Catholic is still a part of them and always will be! big grin I was the same way when I joined other Christian churches and when I'd meet and talk to others in those churches, no matter the denomination, almost the first thing they'd tell me is they were ex-Catholics. Almost no one volunteered that they were ex-Methodists or ex-Lutherans, ex-Baptists, etc. and I don't think it mattered much to them. I wonder why that is?
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Dusty Miller

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Barked: Fri May 15, '09 12:54pm PST 
wave for me mom, it was not that she did not believe, it was that she has an autistic son. who refuses to behave in church. except one certain church that is far away that we visit shrug. now dad stays home with him and mom can go to church cloud 9 i would like to tell you that mom has an aunt who just recently was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, stage 4. you know that the aunt has sooooo much faith! even after all the pain with the chemo, she has that spirit of "i am going to beat this." it is very inspiring to see her say that even though this cancer, as some cancers, has no cure unless they catch it right away hug
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Muffin

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Barked: Fri May 15, '09 6:00pm PST 
That is wonderful, Dusty! So glad your mom has a chance to go to Mass now, and that's a wonderful, inspiring story! It sounds like she has fully accepted God's plan fur her life. way to go
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