Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Still Catholic

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I've left this blog in place because I know that many people have read it. I hope that it is a continuing source of information to thos...
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Saturday, February 18, 2006

Becoming Catholic

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Our Mass began today at 3 p.m. My wife and I were dressed in our best. We were pleased and even a little surprised to see that several frien...
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Sunday, February 12, 2006

Valentine's dinner at church

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Last night was the annual couples Valentine Dinner at our new church. We went to 5:30 (Saturday) Mass, then to the dinner at the parish hal...
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Saturday, February 04, 2006

Our retreat

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Yesterday, we spent the entire day in retreat as part of our formation process. Our group was lead by Fr. K, but included Lori and myself, a...
Saturday, January 21, 2006

"I still don't understand why you and your wife want to be Catholics?"

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I received these words in the comments section by an anonymous poster. It is a fair question. If this blog is to have meaning, I must answer...
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Sunday, January 08, 2006

Our fifth meeting with Father

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Last night marked our fifth meeting with Fr. K. We had a nice dinner of roast beef, mashed potatoes, and home-baked rolls. We enjoyed about ...
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Monday, January 02, 2006

A new year begins, this time - we're Catholic

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New Year's Eve was quiet for us. Personally, I'm not a big fan of it. But we did go out to see a movie. On New Year's Day, we we...
Sunday, December 25, 2005

Christmas

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Christmas Eve found us at our new church home twice. We went to Mass at 5 pm with Lori's sister. This was the Mass for the children. The...
Saturday, December 24, 2005

Christmas Eve - Thank you to my readers

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As I reflect on what I have written, I am encouraged to continue by those of you who have left comments or sent emails. They are appreciated...
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Sunday, December 18, 2005

Our Fourth Meeting with Father (Fourth Sunday in Advent)

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Last night, we went to Mass at 5:30. Fr. K had a good message as usual. Afterward, we went to Ken and Brenda's for dinner and discussion...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Adoration

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Last night, I went to Perpetual Adoration with Dan, who is a close friend and member of my men's prayer group. He generally goes at 10 p...
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Sunday, December 11, 2005

Weekly Mass (Third Sunday in Advent)

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Today I record that we attended Mass last night, right after my confession. I'm starting to really feel like a Catholic, now that I have...
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Saturday, December 10, 2005

Sacrament of Reconciliation - my first confession

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Well, I did it. Perhaps the most intimidating part of my new Catholic faith was searching my heart and confessing my most troubling sins. I ...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Immaculate Conception

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Tonight we went to Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. We went with Ken and Brenda and their kids and all sat together. It was ...
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Sunday, December 04, 2005

A day to study (Second Sunday in Advent)

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We went to Mass last night (Saturday), so I spent much of the day studying, mostly internet resources. There are many good websites to help ...
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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Our third meeting with Father (First Sunday of Advent)

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Sunday night at our house for a soup supper and more conversation. We were instructed to be up to page 300 in the Catechism for tonight. Ken...
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Sunday, November 20, 2005

Continuing my study

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I spent much of the day today reading from the catechism. It's easy reading, not much new information yet. I'm now up to page 270. O...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

My wife's new Rosary

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Tonight, Lori was sitting reading a book about the Rosary. The book discusses the history, tradition, and how to pray the Rosary, as well as...
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Sunday, October 30, 2005

Our second meeting with Father

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For this meeting, we were assigned to read the first 100 pages of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Almost none of this is new informat...
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Sunday, October 23, 2005

Our first meeting with Father

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Sunday morning, we went to Catholic Mass. We've been going for a couple of weeks now, since we left the Lutheran church. People are frie...
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Monday, October 10, 2005

Christian Encounter Weekend

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I just returned from a Christian Encounter weekend. I've been on these weekends several times as a worker, and I made my first weekend f...
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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Sunday's sermon - we won't be back

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The subject of todays sermon was the changes in our communion policy. Pastor explained that this new policy is more "welcoming" t...
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Thursday, September 29, 2005

Making our decision

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As suspected, my wife was very disappointed that our church has changed its communion rules. We agree that it is time for us to move on. T...
Tuesday, September 27, 2005

My last days as a protestant

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Make no mistake, I am not going to join a new church and bash my former church. Honest Christians can disagree sometimes, and that is the si...

The purpose of this blog

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This blog is created to document my faith journey, particularly as I prepare to enter the Catholic Church. I am a life-long protestant. I wa...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

I fear my Lutheran Church is straying

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Today, I went to see Fr. K of the local Catholic Church. I fear that my Lutheran Church is going down a path that I cannot follow. I will ex...
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