I’m New to the Catholic Church; Now what? Things Catholic Converts Can Do at Their Parish and Beyond
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8 Essential Terms You Need to Know to Have a Successful Catholic-Protestant Conversation
By Matt Swaim, Over at the Coming Home Network, we find ourselves in the middle of conversations between Protestants and Catholics on a daily basis. Often, communication can break down over the simplest things: one person will use a word that means something different to someone else, or two people will use different words to …
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Catholic Church in England has lost its ability to convert people. Here’s how to get it back
From The Catholic Herald: The recent report on religious adherence by the Benedict XVI Centre for Society and Religion highlights the depressing fact that Catholics in this country are not very good at making converts, as I have mentioned before. But this is not the case everywhere. There are some places, many places, where Catholics are …
10 Things I Didn’t Know I Would Love About The Catholic Church
When I started RCIA, I what I was looking forward to at the end of the classes. I enjoyed learning everything I needed to know to become Catholic. I was already attending Mass regularly, so I knew how beautiful the Liturgy is. The music and and movements already had me hooked. More than anything, I …
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8 Terms I Had To Look Up After Becoming Catholic
I tell you what…learning about the Catholic Faith does not end at RCIA. It is a constant learning process. Things you might think are just common knowledge, might be a whole knew concept to a brand new Catholic, like myself. (I’ve been Catholic for a little over 3 years.) I’m hoping that these won’t just …
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Filling Our Father’s House by Shaun McAfee – Book Review
In the newly released book Filling Our Father’s House: What Converts Can Teach Us about Evangelization (Sophia Press), apologist, and convert Shaun McAfee does a wonderful job showing Catholics how to apply common Protestant principles of evangelization to draw others into the Catholic faith. He shares resources and methods for developing our own personal testimony in order to share …
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8 Clues Your Friends Secretly Want To Be Catholic
All converts have a few telltale signs that they’re interested in conversion. Some of these are in mannerisms they pick up, others are in things they say. These signs always show some sense of readiness to be Catholic, even a sense of “secretly wanting to be.” The Catholic Church provides a myriad of ways to grow closer to …
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10 Things NOT to Say to a Convert
Sometimes people can be weird. They say weird things that leave you wondering if they heard themselves say it. My husband and I became Catholic about 3 years ago. And because I live a pretty public life, I’ve heard some of the strangest and sometimes offensive things from other Catholics. To be helpful, and also a …