Has anyone converted to the Catholic church from the Anglican church?

Question

What was your experience like? Were you welcomed by the priest and congregation?

Answer 1

Yes, but but it was the Evangelical Anglican sect. We had a good experience. We were very welcomed by the Catholic priest and the congregation didn't mind a bit that we had small children (which was always An Issue in the EAC -- seems like nobody else had little kids and nobody liked little kids at that church, so our kids were never welcomed there). Catholics are less social on Sundays, though -- we're supposed to go to Mass thinking about God, so the socializing happens at other times during the week. This was a little odd for us, and at first it seemed like we weren't welcoming, but once we asked, we realized what was going on.

Learning the Catholic liturgy was no sweat because the Anglican liturgy is really close.

I once heard that an entire Episcopalian church in the U.S. converted to Catholicism altogether and were able to keep their church and priest as a new parish in the Diocese.

Answer 2

I'm a lifelong Catholic but a number of my friends"poped out' and 'swam the Tiber" as 'fulfilled Anglicans".

A number have joined "Anglican Use Roman Catholic Chaplaincies" in the States that often have married former Anglican priests who are now Roman priests and use The Book of Divine Worship,an adaptation of the US 1979 Book of Common Prayer.

Since RC parishes are much larger than many Anglican parishes some miss the small group feeling of knowing everybody,but they have found prayergroups ,Bible groups,Cursillo and other tighter community groups in parish and beyond as well as the larger "Massgoers' group.

Most of those who have converted that i know were welcomed by their priest and parish(some did shop around to find a priest that was really interested in them and their heritage)

Some who came from Anglo-Catholic parishes often searched for a place with "High Mass' and good liturgical music.Others less High Church searched for good preaching and fellowship and most seem to have found what they were looking for.

Some of the most active people in my local 'ordinary' RC parish are 'completed Anglicans'. Some keep in touch with their former Anglican(continuing or official) communities and are ecumenically active. Others ,due to bitter experiences when they left or before,have nothing to do with their former parishes. Some have experienced alot of pain and rejection from their former coreligionists and others not so. Some still have family problems(especially when a spouse is angry over the 'plunge") and others do not.

You might be interested in Anglican Use @yahoogroups where some converts share their questions and experiences.

Answer 3

attempt analyzing the tale extra heavily, and then evaluate those information: in trouble-free terms anglicans who disagree with the way the anglican church is going will choose to take up the grant (this is an grant, no longer an contract to merge). maximum protestants in Northern eire are presbyterian - quite few are anglican. in trouble-free terms 2% of the British inhabitants usually attends the anglican church besides. (in trouble-free terms 6% usually attend any church in any respect.) The British inhabitants is smaller than 70 million. it incredibly is an entire non-journey different than to the tiny minority of the British who're certainly fascinated.

Answer 4

Seems to be coming a popular move among Members of Parliament.

Answer 5

Lots of people - especially when the AC started to ordain women and homosexuals.

Answer 6

Yes.Tony Blair.Xx

Answer 7

My priest did.

Answer 8

No, for I belong to no denomination, but only to the Lord.

Answer 9

Not me but I'm sure it has occured.