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[BaBaStooey]

Hey no-meat-eaters-on-Fridays-during-Lent!



There are a ton of us Catholic Freepers out there, this is our little thread in the big big world. This is just my way of attempting to get to know people just like me.

A few links I enjoy:

www.vatican.va - the Holiest Web Site on Earth
www.scripturecatholic.com - providing Scripture references to support the teachings of the faith

And lastly, I post a joke I once heard on Free Republic:

What is the difference between a Catholic and a Protestant? Catholics wave to each other in the liqour store.


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[Truelove]

I'll pray for y'all if you pray for us Chantin-singing, Rosary-praying Melkites here in Key West,(also known as San Fran east.)

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I don't qualify yet, but I am in the inquiry phase of RCIA so I hope to be a full member by next year. When do I learn the secret handshake?

[Mr. Thorne]

For the record: I am NOT Roman Catholic.
Thanks anyway.

Nobody's perfect, man.

= )

[Aquinasfan]

HELP? for diplomacy and strength of purpose!

I think a thread for this purpose is a great idea. There's no reason not to include non-Catholics, although their strategies may differ from ours.

I think the key is to first address the issue of abortion from the aspect of healing. I am sure that most pastors are reluctant to address the issue because abortion has touched so many lives.

So I think any talk from the pulpit must first address repentence and forgiveness, and also lay out sacramental and pastoral methods of healing.

From there, I think we can move on to the right to life. Take a look at the way abortion is addressed at this CPC.

[pbear8]

I'll pray for y'all if you pray for us Chantin-singing, Rosary-praying Melkites here in Key West,(also known as San Fran east.)

Best offer I've had all day. Oremus pro invicem.
We are going to Monterey/Carmel today. Might visit the mission and Fr. Serra, will recommend all Freepers to him. He understands, after all, all Freepers are missionaries of a sort.

[Aquinasfan]

That class was a disaster, but I found another & was received into the church two Easters ago.

I'm very impressed that you persevered. I don't think your experience is unique.

[Aquinasfan]

When do I learn the secret handshake?

Hey, how come no one told me about the secret handshake?

[Mr. Thorne]

Hah!

I just went thru RCIA last year with the wife. She was chock full of (very insightful) questions, which I, not being a doctor of Canon law, was unable to answer.

(Seriously man, she asked some tough questions!)

[nina0113]

Not even close to unique! We had some Mormon visitors a few weeks ago, who we explained Catholic doctrine to for several hours, then invited back. In the interim before their next visit, I searched out a catholic ex-mormon mailing list to subscribe to, and there are some dreadful excuses for RCIA out there. Fortunately, the one at my former church has been taken over by Father Scalia (yes, THAT Scalia's son) & it is now orthodox & packed, rather than touchy-feely & empty.

[pbear8]

When do I learn the secret handshake?

After you learn the entire Ordinary of the Mass in Latin, we will teach you.

[fone]

There was one man who was. . .

fone has no Y chromosomes

[Aquinasfan]

All I got out of all the scriptural quotations is that some "Christian" Freepers don't believe we Catholics are Christians. I found some of the rhetoric deeply offensive and troubling as folks referred snidely to us "Romans." What is your take, please?

Yes. That was me. She's an ex-Catholic. Ex-Catholics in general can be pretty tough. Sometimes there's a pschological rather than a theological reason for becoming an ex-Catholic. She claims to have theological objections, so I take her at her word.

I try to be as polite as possible, even when the rhetoric gets turned up. We can say as much by our manners as by our arguments.

Also, I always remember that I'm talking to the lurkers as much as the person I'm debating. So they may have the same questions, but are afraid to voice them. I don't mind dealing with pointed questions head-on. No one's going to bring up these issues in polite company, so I regard the web as an invaluable evangelical tool.

[pbear8]

Father Scalia

I know someone who met him in Rome and was very impressed. Where is he now?

[Mr. Thorne]

My wife was in a similar pickle. She went to mass with me one Sunday after we were engaged. Father Anderson cuts loose with a sermon on family, I believe. Anyway, I look over and she's bawlin' her eyes out. Seems Fr. Anderson has a real knack for nailing my wife with his preachin'.

Anyway, she decides to go RC (post-marriage).

Our RCIA was, on the balance, pretty good. But we did have a couple of flakey types (including, God forgive me, a seminarian who was just SO eager, I mean that boy was INtense to the point of freaking you out. I do so hope he mellows a bit in seminary.)

[FryingPan101]

Count me in. Very old school though. Knuckles still swollen from the ruler. LOL

[Aquinasfan]

...taken over by Father Scalia (yes, THAT Scalia's son) & it is now orthodox & packed, rather than touchy-feely & empty.

Wow. Very cool. Don't they get it? We don't want touchy-feely. We want to be treated like adults!

The kumbaya crop of priests is slowly dying out. And the orthodox priests are coming. We can only hope.

[Petronski]

I was taught by sisters of the Immaculate Conception.

I was taught by Benedictines, but I ended up Catholic anyway. ;)

[Mr. Thorne]

One man was

Oh sure, bring THAT up.

= )

sorry about the chromosome thing, but after all, the screen name is not exactly gender specific.

Da**it, Fone, I'm a doctor not a mind reader!

Actually, I'm not a doctor either... but I am a Star Trek fan! And I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express!

[MozartLover]

Count me in. I am a Catholic woman, (liturgical musician) in a very liberal diocese. My son WAS in the seminary but was asked to leave mainly because of his conservative views (some of you have heard my story.) He is fighting like heck to get back in. Prayers would be appreciated!!!

[ThomasMore]

Another Catholic BUMP! I also apologize for my State, Rhode Island. Terribly pro-abortion, attrociously liberal.

I'm being ordained a Deacon next year, please pray for me.