Yay - my husband finally left the Catholic Church!

[Anonymous]

We have been married for more than 20 years. He's Catholic, I'm Protestant. We only attended church a few times with his parents and then again when we were church shopping for our wedding. (We found a Protestant one that married us -- we didn't return after the wedding.) He was a regular churchgoer through high school though. But he didn't care for any of the church's stance on women's issues, etc. And then all the church scandals with priests really put him off Catholicism.

After all these many years of not attending church, we lucked into a Protestant one that's a perfect fit for both of us! He loves it there, and recently joined. It's so great to be happy at the same church together. I didn't think it would actually ever happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

We have been married for more than 20 years. He's Catholic, I'm Protestant. We only attended church a few times with his parents and then again when we were church shopping for our wedding. (We found a Protestant one that married us -- we didn't return after the wedding.) He was a regular churchgoer through high school though. But he didn't care for any of the church's stance on women's issues, etc. And then all the church scandals with priests really put him off Catholicism.

After all these many years of not attending church, we lucked into a Protestant one that's a perfect fit for both of us! He loves it there, and recently joined. It's so great to be happy at the same church together. I didn't think it would actually ever happen.

Congrats - what makes it a perfect fit?

[Anonymous]

Very progressive, very inclusive. But very traditional feeling at the same time. Great choir and children's programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We have been married for more than 20 years. He's Catholic, I'm Protestant. We only attended church a few times with his parents and then again when we were church shopping for our wedding. (We found a Protestant one that married us -- we didn't return after the wedding.) He was a regular churchgoer through high school though. But he didn't care for any of the church's stance on women's issues, etc. And then all the church scandals with priests really put him off Catholicism.

After all these many years of not attending church, we lucked into a Protestant one that's a perfect fit for both of us! He loves it there, and recently joined. It's so great to be happy at the same church together. I didn't think it would actually ever happen.

Congrats - what makes it a perfect fit?

I'm guessing she's happy she "won."

[Anonymous]

Congrats on him leaving the Catholic Church, commiserations on joining a prptestant one.

[Anonymous]

Why not the title "Yay! My husband has converted to my religion!"?

Otherwise, it sounds like just another post by the rabidly anti-Catholic troll.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure it was inevitable, with is wife supporting him so much over the years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not the title "Yay! My husband has converted to my religion!"?

Otherwise, it sounds like just another post by the rabidly anti-Catholic troll.

+1 It's wonderful when a family can pray together in the same religion so why isn't the sentiment coming out as a positive instead of taking aim at one religion.

OP, I wish you and your DH well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not the title "Yay! My husband has converted to my religion!"?

Otherwise, it sounds like just another post by the rabidly anti-Catholic troll.

+1 It's wonderful when a family can pray together in the same religion so why isn't the sentiment coming out as a positive instead of taking aim at one religion.

OP, I wish you and your DH well.

Yay! My husband is happy in his relision, and I am happy in mine. We live in harmony and peace, and both feel spiritually fulfilled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not the title "Yay! My husband has converted to my religion!"?

Otherwise, it sounds like just another post by the rabidly anti-Catholic troll.

You don't need to convert to most Protestant denominations if you are a baptized Christian. You just renew your baptismal vows, if that.

OP, what denomination? I am a cradle Catholic and worship in a Lutheran church.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We have been married for more than 20 years. He's Catholic, I'm Protestant. We only attended church a few times with his parents and then again when we were church shopping for our wedding. (We found a Protestant one that married us -- we didn't return after the wedding.) He was a regular churchgoer through high school though. But he didn't care for any of the church's stance on women's issues, etc. And then all the church scandals with priests really put him off Catholicism.

After all these many years of not attending church, we lucked into a Protestant one that's a perfect fit for both of us! He loves it there, and recently joined. It's so great to be happy at the same church together. I didn't think it would actually ever happen.

Congrats - what makes it a perfect fit?

I'm guessing she's happy she "won."

ditto. Protestant is just Catholic lite anyway.

[Anonymous]

Maybe it really is that she's happy he is no longer Catholic. There's still a lot of open prejudice against Catholicism and in some social circles, there's a definite stigma attached to being Catholic. Perhaps OP feels (hopes) that people think better of her husband because he's a Protestant now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe it really is that she's happy he is no longer Catholic. There's still a lot of open prejudice against Catholicism and in some social circles, there's a definite stigma attached to being Catholic. Perhaps OP feels (hopes) that people think better of her husband because he's a Protestant now.

Indeed? Which circles, apart from the British Royal family?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe it really is that she's happy he is no longer Catholic. There's still a lot of open prejudice against Catholicism and in some social circles, there's a definite stigma attached to being Catholic. Perhaps OP feels (hopes) that people think better of her husband because he's a Protestant now.

Indeed? Which circles, apart from the British Royal family?

Right here in the DMV there's plenty.

I was in a nail salon in Rockville today and two women were talking about some cardinal in NYC who learned that his mother was born Jewish. One of the women said that the cardinal's mother was "deluded if she thought that was any better." The other one said that if she learned her mother was Catholic, she would have "gone to my grave with that information."

[Anonymous]

Do you fear that he may divorce you now?