Recent Converts And Religious Vocations

[PhuturePriest]

Yup.

 

I'm sorry, I don't always word my posts as could as I clearly.

 

( :smile4:)

 

This post is killing me.

[kg94]

I'm a convert of less than a year officially, but as I had the desire to "be at one with God" and Catholic since I was three, and was brought up in the faith even though I hadn't received the sacraments until I was over the age of consent because I could not get parental consent (I was brought up by other people as my parents were working), I was living like a practising Catholic before I was Catholic. So that's what it means to be Catholic and in the faith when you haven't officially been received into the Church yet.

 

As for the RCIA - that is normally a 2 year course, although some parishes do it in one year, or even in nine months. It does not necessarily meant that the person received into the Church has been practising that long though, as some people don't really properly live out their faith even during and after the RCIA course. It depends on the individual and the parish as to whether they let the person go ahead or not (as well as the Bishop in the Diocese). 

 

Each case is assessed on a case by case basis, and as far as Religious Life is concerned, the guidelines stand at 2 years in the Catholic Church. It is a guideline and not Canon Law. Noviciate is slightly different, but to enter the Aspirancy, Candidacy and Postulancy you don't need to have been in the Church for two years. I am already quite far into the discernment process as I have been discerning for 5-6 years now. I will not reveal where I am in the formation process or which congregation, as you understand, but all I am saying is that it is purely assessed on a case by case basis. 

 

[krissylou]

krissy quoting mother angelica just made my day! :D

 

Know your audience, m'dear.  :)

[TheresaThoma]

Good to have you back around krissy.....