Another Stupid Question

[YouRaiseMeUp]

I veiw myself as Catholic and I was baptised as a baby but I was adopted and raised Jewish. I did not agree with the Jewish teachings (not that there's anything wrong with being Jewish it's just not right for me) anyway how do I find out where to take classes so I can have my first communion and confrimation? DO I go to my church and ask my preist? Also I feel sort of stupid cause I'm 23 and probably the oldest one in the class, or do they have classes for adults?

 

[JewelInHisCrown]

I veiw myself as Catholic and I was baptised as a baby but I was adopted and raised Jewish. I did not agree with the Jewish teachings (not that there's anything wrong with being Jewish it's just not right for me) anyway how do I find out where to take classes so I can have my first communion and confrimation? DO I go to my church and ask my preist? Also I feel sort of stupid cause I'm 23 and probably the oldest one in the class, or do they have classes for adults?

DO NOT FEEL STUPID AT ALL!!! You talk to your priest and they have programs for this like the RCIA which stands for Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. They have programs for adults who want to receive the sacraments. I know someone who did this in her late 30s.

Congratulations on your decision to receive the sacraments. Go talk to your priest and he will lead you in the right direction.

 

[YouRaiseMeUp]

Thank you very much! I'm glad I'm not the only one who wants to do this as an adult!

 

[JewelInHisCrown]

Thank you very much! I'm glad I'm not the only one who wants to do this as an adult!

Nope, not at all and it is very common these days. I was born a "cradle Catholic" - since birth. Went to Catholic school all my life, never heard of the RCIA. Nowadays, I hear about it ALL the time. It is very popular. If you google it, you can do some research on it and definetly talk to your priest.
I wish you the best of luck. May God shower blessings on you in your quest towards the sacraments

 

[Davidnic]

Thank you very much! I'm glad I'm not the only one who wants to do this as an adult!

The Catholic church is one of the few churches that is growing in some areas faster than the birth rate of those born into the religion. Many people convert.

May God bless and keep you on your path. Your brothers and sisters in Christ are here for you if you need us.

 

[Catholic Wife]

Thank you very much! I'm glad I'm not the only one who wants to do this as an adult!

You're definitely not alone. I went through a kind of RCIA class when I was about your age, and now I help teach the RCIA classes.

 

[GeratTzedek]

I veiw myself as Catholic and I was baptised as a baby but I was adopted and raised Jewish. I did not agree with the Jewish teachings (not that there's anything wrong with being Jewish it's just not right for me) anyway how do I find out where to take classes so I can have my first communion and confrimation? DO I go to my church and ask my preist? Also I feel sort of stupid cause I'm 23 and probably the oldest one in the class, or do they have classes for adults?

I was confirmed a Catholic some 20 years ago, am of Jewish descent, and am heavily, heavily, heavily involved in relations between the Catholic church and the Jewish and messianic Jewish communities. If I told you, I'd have to shoot you. I think your question is a VERY IMPORTANT ONE.

May I ask what it is about mainstream Judaism that you think is incompatible with Catholicism, other than the obvious (that the Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative do not accept Jesus as Messiah)????

There are many Catholic Jews who are observant of their covenant. They may be considered apostate by the non-messianic Jewish community at large, but they ARE still Jews, and as St. Paul says, "the gifts and calling of G-d are IRREVOCABLE." Too many have assimilated -- they have forgotten they are Jews and act like gentiles. But many look to all 613 mitzvot, as one friend of mine said, wearing their kippahs and tzitzit to mass.

You said you were raised Jewish, so my assumption is that you are a Jew. Please understand that if you are confirmed as a Catholic, you will nevertheless remain a Jew as well. You will always be one of God's chosen people!

You believe in Christ? So did Paul. So did James. So did all the apostles. And they were all Jews -- observant Jews, both Ekklesia AND Israel. The Jewish believers were "zealots for Torah" as James described them.

That you have come to understand Yeshua is Lord and Messiah is wonderful!!!! That you are baptized into Ekklesia is perfect!!!! But I hope you feel free... no, I ENCOURAGE you... to say the Sh'mah as well as the Creed, to recite the Kedushah as well as the Sanctus, to sing Oseh Shalom as well as Agnus Dei, to keep Shabbat as well as the Lord's Day, to remember that you are of Israel as well as of Ekklesia.

Please feel free to PM me! I lurk here, but not all the time.

Shalom

 

[RJAZ]

You are 23? When I was a bit late in making my confirmation we had several older adults making theirs in a class outside of ours. You're fine.

 

[lucyclaire]

RCIA person here.. I am to be received into The Church at Easter.
I am in a group of at least 12 others, 10 of which are over 30. I was became a Christian via the Evangelical route but I backed away, years ago and will never go back to that kind of church. I didn't fit as I can not see the Bible in a literal way and I ask too many questions. I am not a naturally Conservative person either.
I had a moment of clarity about the Catholic Church whilst visiting Westminster Cathedral in London. I understood something and realised the wrong things I had been taught about the Church. It took a few years but in the last two years, I have made the journey and I am much happier within the Catholic Church maybe helped because I attend a very compassionate, progressive, active Jesuit parish, that feeds the homeless and cares for people. It is very ecumentical and my Parish Priest is a really good, funny, interesting man, we are fortunate to have five priests, here.
The bible has opened up to me in a new way, once I realised that I was not alone in the way I look at the Bible and have been encourage been meditation on the Gospels. (The Ignation Way.)
RCIA, is a good environment too, ask questions, discuss you ideas of God and to learn about what things mean. The basis that Cradle Catholics take foregranted. such as making sense of the Sunday Missal, The Rosary, A tour of the church and what things are, etc.
I highly recommend it.

 

[Catholic Wife]

Also I feel sort of stupid cause I'm 23 and probably the oldest one in the class

I just want to add that the oldest person in our RCIA class is going to be 70 pretty soon.