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The circle completed: how I became Catholic (kind of again)

I mentioned this in the previous post , but this journey deserves its own post at length. As I said, we have been officially attending the Catholic church since August of 2020 - that is when we sat down with the leadership of our evangelical church and informed them of our decision. But that event was only after a long journey, and it wasn't the end - there's still journeying ahead for us, not least for Mr. as he is doing RCIA for the year with the hope of being received into the Church this coming Easter. Celebrating the children's first Baptism anniversary on 10th October This is only my story, not Mr.'s - his will be different, of course. I grew up in a Catholic country, was baptised and had my First Holy Communion and my Confirmation at 14: all without ever believing in God. It was just culture, and I was an atheist from a very young age. My father was an atheist, too. My mother, although she prayed every night as she went to sleep (quietly, the only way I knew abou...