I finally heard back from the priests in my parish, and I will not be allowed to attend RCIA classes, even for the inquiry period.\u00a0 Instead, because there has been increased interest in RCIA from people like me, who want to know more but do not feel a call to convert, the church is setting up three lectures as part of a possibly ongoing series.\u00a0 The lectures are supposed to provide information about Catholicism both to Catholics and non-Catholics.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a bit disappointed, especially because it sounds like the new lectures are supposed to be entirely factual, rather than being focused on spiritual development.\u00a0 My main goal in taking RCIA was to do something I couldn\u2019t do on my own.\u00a0 I appreciate the convenience of the lecture series, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s intended to teach anything I couldn\u2019t get out of a book.<\/p>\n
The only other church-sponsored option I can see is the small Bible study groups the church runs.\u00a0 I was actually fairly interested, since I tend not to know the weekly readings particularly well, and the groups would be reading and discussing.\u00a0 However, I have some friends who participated in the program previously, and apparently, a lot of the participants view the Bible study as a \u2018safe space\u2019 since they find Yale\u2019s secular culture to be stifling.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to try to sign up if my presence is going to spoil it for the Catholics.<\/p>\n
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I know the last few days have been very low on blogging.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been busy with a personal project that came to completion today when I went with my boyfriend and his family to the Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, NY<\/a>.\u00a0 True to form, I finished sewing the dress below THIS MORNING, but I got it done.\u00a0 The pattern I used was Butterick 4571<\/a>, in case anyone is interested, and it was incredibly well written and easy to follow.<\/p>\n
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