Hi there everybody! I'm a 22-year-old college junior who has decided over the past couple of months that it's time for me to finally give in and join the church. I had tried to make the leap twice before, once even making it to some RCIA 'classes' where I was living at the time, but something about this summer has been quite different. I think I was finally ready to submit my mind and will to something outside of myself...
I started out at the main NO parish in town, even attending daily for two weeks, then as I started to read more about the crisis in the church I began devouring any traditionalist material I could get my hands on--Bp. Williamson, Fr. Milch, and ChurchMilitant on YouTube, the excerpts from Iota Unum on SSPXAsia, dozens of articles at SSPX, CMRI, Tradition in Action, etc. (even some stuff by the Dimonds, I'm very sorry to say :P). This has led me to the diocesan TLM which has been leaps and bounds ahead of anything I've experienced before. Right now I'm digging in to Griff Ruby's book and also some devotional classics like Preparation for Death, Introduction to the Devout Life, etc.
My most recent move was to fire off an e-mail to CMRI asking for more information about catechesis for adults and about the CMRI and independent parishes in my area. Anyone who is familiar with that aspect I would love to hear advice!
I've been lurking for a week or two but it was time to jump in, I guess. Anyway, greetings! :cool: