Notes on Faith 2.0

For a little more background, please check out Notes on Faith 1.0

Getting to tag a long with Hubby G while he went through the RCIA program was a great experience for both of us. In addition to the opportunity to explore the Catholic faith together, we met a lot of other young couples in our parish.  It helped us to really feel like we were a part of the parish community.

One interesting detail that was looming in our minds as Hubby G went through the RCIA program- the day of his confirmation (the Easter vigil) was also my due date.  So I was actually praying that our little guy would be at least a day later than expected so that we would actually be able to celebrate Hubby G's confirmation.  And you know, actually be present for it!

God heard my prayers and despite the church being 1,000 degrees on the evening of the vigil, I did not go into labor and Baby C waited until the day after Easter to make his debut.

After we took a little time to get into the groove of being new parents, we had C's baptism at the end of August.  In combination with the baptism, Hubby G and I also got our marriage convalidated!  Basically that means we made it even more official Catholic-wise since we didn't have a Catholic wedding.  It worked out perfectly because the godparents that we chose for C had also been our maid of honor and best man in our wedding, so it was a nice little way to tie everything together.

Hubby G and I are really enjoying getting more involved in our parish.  Hubby G has joined the Knights of Columbus (he's a 3rd Degree Knight!), we helped to deliver a Christmas dinner and gifts to a family in need over the holidays, and I recently attended a brainstorming session for a Young Adult Ministry group.  To give you an idea of the fun things that are hopefully in store for this Young Adult group: they're planning a coffee social/discussion group and calling it "He Brews" har har har.  I love it!

It's interesting because our church is really active especially in a lot of youth ministry because of the area we live.  The Christian Reformed Church is HUGE in our area (no joke, there are at least 4 large reformed churches within 5 miles of our house) and because they have a lot of really engaging and active youth ministry programs, our Catholic church does the same in order to provide the same level of programming.  I don't necessarily want to say that our church has to do this to stay competitive, but to a degree that is completely true.  To me, it's just a great motivator to have phenomenal programming at our church, and that's definitely something I'm on board with!