Important Threads For Converts

[phatcatholic]

with the melding of the converts board w/ the apologetics board into the new transmundane board, the top got a little cluttered with pinned topics. but, i don't want to lose these threads from the converts board b/c they are really important. so, below is a link to each one. make sure you check them out regularly, especially if you are a recent convert to Catholicism.

[b]--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=10382"]Conversion Stories[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=28181"]Inspiration for Converts[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=27531"]He Might Be a Slider If....[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=35524"]Prayer for Converts[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=15289"]A River Runs to It: Exodus of Protestants Stream to Rome[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=11882"]Catholic Grout List[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=7676"]Examine Your Conscience: Confession Tips and Tricks[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=69038"]Book Recommendations for Converts[/url][/b]

pax christi,
phatcatholic

[Birgitta Noel]

Why did Converts Anonymous go away?

Methinks that was a bad idea....

[phatcatholic]

i didn't do it, i pwomise

[ReinnieR]

[quote name='Birgitta Noel' post='964832' date='Apr 29 2006, 12:22 AM']
Why did Converts Anonymous go away?

Methinks that was a bad idea....
[/quote]
it didn't go away completely. it just merged with the Apologetics board.

[Birgitta Noel]

[quote name='ReinnieR' post='970873' date='May 4 2006, 10:39 AM']
it didn't go away completely. it just merged with the Apologetics board.
[/quote]

Yes, I realize that, but it was really nice for Converts or those considering converting to have a place of their own so to speak. At least a place to poke their heads in and start.

But that's just my $0.02.

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='Birgitta Noel' post='985945' date='May 20 2006, 02:28 PM']
Yes, I realize that, but it was really nice for Converts or those considering converting to have a place of their own so to speak. At least a place to poke their heads in and start.

But that's just my $0.02.
[/quote]
i agree, and i want to make sure that converts feel welcome in this board. if there is anything i can do to better make that happen, just let me know.

peace,
phatcatholic

[Birgitta Noel]

[quote name='phatcatholic' post='985980' date='May 20 2006, 03:39 PM']
i agree, and i want to make sure that converts feel welcome in this board. if there is anything i can do to better make that happen, just let me know.

peace,
phatcatholic
[/quote]

I know you agree And I'm not a convert. But I know that early on I'd worry about posting something that someone would jump all over. In a converts board people tend to recognize that people may not be that well versed etc. I guess my point is that the pham can be a bit intimidating and sometimes less than charitable and so the converts board just seemed like a kinder gentler place for folks to pop in and look around.

Anyhow, I'll quit whining now. Thanks Phatty for all you do.

[phatcatholic]

i think the Apo board (not the TML) has always been a welcoming place for people who have questions. this is the board to go to if you want to understand your faith better. hopefully converts will feel just as comfortable asking questions here as they did when they had their own board. pretty much everyone who posts in here regularly is here to help.

pax christi,
phatcatholic

[Jeff]

[quote name='phatcatholic' post='985980' date='May 20 2006, 04:39 PM']
i agree, and i want to make sure that converts feel welcome in this board. if there is anything i can do to better make that happen, just let me know.

peace,
phatcatholic
[/quote]

i feel totally welcome here. Thanx for that phatcatholic and phamily. Also, it was a convert who turned me on to this board.

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='Jeff' post='1031837' date='Jul 27 2006, 10:53 AM']
i feel totally welcome here. Thanx for that phatcatholic and phamily. Also, it was a convert who turned me on to this board.
[/quote]
rock on

[Honour]

I think this is important... [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=69038&hl=convert+reading+list"]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?s...rt+reading+list[/url]

Edited August 8, 2007 by Honour

[White Knight]

There are some apologetics classes that I plan on taking this fall including RCIA again to keep my self informed, I hear many people doing this and proves to be a great blessing in wisdom and faith, since it maintians your faith.

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='Honour' post='1352350' date='Aug 7 2007, 09:04 PM']I think this is important... [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=69038&hl=convert+reading+list"]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?s...rt+reading+list[/url][/quote]Thanks Honour, I added it to the list in the original post.

[CorMaria]

I've noticed that there are quite a few converts who end up without support and consequently stop practising their faith.

[perfectunion33]

I agree, we need to be more supportive of our fellow Christian brothers. Let us not forget that if someone is baptized legitimately, they become part of the Mystical Body of Christ whether they accept Catholic Doctrine or not. If you see one of your brothers falling would you not help them pick up their cross and lead them to the narrow path that leads to Life.

[KeenanParkerII]

Cool, I'm in the process of crossing the Tiber right now. (Half through through RCIA i think?) I'll go through these links when I get some time this evening.

[Debra Little]

[quote name='phatcatholic' timestamp='1146228759' post='963861']
with the melding of the converts board w/ the apologetics board into the new transmundane board, the top got a little cluttered with pinned topics. but, i don't want to lose these threads from the converts board b/c they are really important. so, below is a link to each one. make sure you check them out regularly, especially if you are a recent convert to Catholicism.

[b]--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=10382"]Conversion Stories[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=28181"]Inspiration for Converts[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=27531"]He Might Be a Slider If....[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=35524"]Prayer for Converts[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=15289"]A River Runs to It: Exodus of Protestants Stream to Rome[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=11882"]Catholic Grout List[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=7676"]Examine Your Conscience: Confession Tips and Tricks[/url]
--[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=69038"]Book Recommendations for Converts[/url][/b]

pax christi,
phatcatholic
[/quote]



thankyou for saying we are important.

[Noel Yheaulon]

I don't want to be an anonymous convert. You are all correct, however, in that it is extremely difficult to practice without a very strong catholic community to lean on. Especially, if your friends and family are not christian in any respect or anti-religious. With that being said it would be best if converts had a way of identifying themselves or had some community on here that they could cling to in trying times. There is nothing more lonely and discouraging than being your only close Catholic friend, craving friendship and pep, and not being able to find it.