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Andy72
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| Joined: | Fri Dec 14th, 2007 |
| Location: | Manning, Alberta Canada |
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| First Name: | Andy | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Lutheran, Evangelical / Pentecostal, Salvation Army, waiting for RCIA classes ... |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 08:10 am |
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| It has been a long year's journey to get to this point, but my wife and I are finally starting RCIA classes tonight. We are both a bit nervous about what to expect. The fact that we are able to start classes at all is a real blessing. The RCIA team at our local parish kept waiting for more interest in classes before starting, then finally just said that now it was too late and we would have to wait till the fall. At mass this past sunday we got a wonderfull surprise, when the father pulled us aside and said that he would be happy to teach us RCIA classes privately, and we could start as soon as we would like. What an answer to prayer! I would like to ask everyone to remember us in prayer as we take the next step in our journey home.
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Intercessor
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| Location: | Southcentral, Kentucky USA |
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| First Name: | Becky | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Southern Baptist, Catholic |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 07:30 pm |
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Praise God, Andy, I am just thrilled for you. What a blessing to have private lessons with the priest! That's just fabulous.
I was fortunate in the same way and will always be deeply grateful to the generous priest who took me under his wing.
Relax and enjoy the session tonight. Hope you'll tell us about it tomorrow.
Becky
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Dave Armstrong
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| Joined: | Fri Nov 2nd, 2007 |
| Location: | Melvindale, Michigan USA |
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| First Name: | Dave | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Nominal Methodist / evangelical non-denom / "Bapticostal" / Catholic |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 08:35 pm |
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Hi Andy,
Congratulations! You are also blessed in being able to have the one-on-one attention of a priest. You'll probably be able to avoid a lot (or all) of the problems we hear about in this forum concerning RCIA.
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Andy72
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| Location: | Manning, Alberta Canada |
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| First Name: | Andy | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | Lutheran, Evangelical / Pentecostal, Salvation Army, waiting for RCIA classes ... |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 09:38 pm |
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| I would like to thank everyone for their prayers. We had a wonderfull time at RCIA classes last night. Our session was to last about an hour, but we lost track of time and our first session was almost two hours long. The father had requested that we bring along our bibles and any other relevent resources that we had. So he was a bit surprised to see us show up, each with an arm load of books and a binder full of research, ready for some serious study. Our time went by so fast and felt more like a time of fellowship than classes. At the end he assured us that there would be no problem enter the church this easter vigil, with the comment that we know more about catholism than most catholics in our parish. We are meeting again next week to properly start the RCIA program on a fast track to bring out any areas that our own reseach has missed and to answer any other questions we may have. All I can say is God is good!
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Intercessor
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| Location: | Southcentral, Kentucky USA |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 05:47 am |
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| Andy, I am not a bit surprised to hear this news, but I'm certainly happy.
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Tina in Ashburn
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| Location: | Ashburn, Virginia USA |
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| First Name: | Tina | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Cradle Roman Catholic, Ukranian Catholic, presently practicing as Roman Latin ... |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 04:43 pm |
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Andy, this news makes me happy for you. Tell the priest that the forum says thanks too!! hee hee.
And keep us posted on the progress. This is so exciting.
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Darlene
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| Location: | Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania USA |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 04:54 pm |
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Andy72 wrote: with the comment that we know more about catholism than most catholics in our parish.
I remember when the kind priest with whom I had been meeting said the exact same thing to me. Each time we would meet, I had written down a myriad of questions. I would ask one, and then write down his responses till he finally answered each of my questions. Seldom had I ever encountered a person with such patience.
Darlene
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