Comments on: What Should Sponsors Avoid? http://rciablog.com/2010/04/what-should-sponsors-avoid/ A Free Tool Provided by the Association for Catechumenal Ministry Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:05:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lavinia http://rciablog.com/2010/04/what-should-sponsors-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-672 Lavinia Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:53:28 +0000 http://rciablog.com/?p=494#comment-672 My biggest problem with my sponsor is that she wouldn't really have anything to do with me. She was assigned to me, as I had no one of my own. She spent the entire RCIA sessions gabbing with another sponsor and ignoring me. She wouldn't return emails. The one time I called her she cut the conversation short. But she called ME once because she had lost the RCIA schedule and needed to know if we were meeting that week. She didn't show up for all the meetings and she was a no show for the Rite of Continuing Conversion. After Easter, after I had become Catholic, she didn't bother coming to mystigogia with me. In fact, I didn't hear from her again, period. A few months later, I saw her at mass, and went up to say hi. She said hi back then excused herself. Thankfully, I came into the Church for my own reasons, and I had other Catholics there for me. But it was frustrating at the time. So my two-cents is that "Sponsors should avoid being sponsors if they aren't going to bother being one!" My biggest problem with my sponsor is that she wouldn’t really have anything to do with me. She was assigned to me, as I had no one of my own. She spent the entire RCIA sessions gabbing with another sponsor and ignoring me. She wouldn’t return emails. The one time I called her she cut the conversation short. But she called ME once because she had lost the RCIA schedule and needed to know if we were meeting that week.

She didn’t show up for all the meetings and she was a no show for the Rite of Continuing Conversion. After Easter, after I had become Catholic, she didn’t bother coming to mystigogia with me. In fact, I didn’t hear from her again, period.

A few months later, I saw her at mass, and went up to say hi. She said hi back then excused herself.

Thankfully, I came into the Church for my own reasons, and I had other Catholics there for me. But it was frustrating at the time. So my two-cents is that “Sponsors should avoid being sponsors if they aren’t going to bother being one!”

]]> By: Angela http://rciablog.com/2010/04/what-should-sponsors-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Angela Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:03:43 +0000 http://rciablog.com/?p=494#comment-586 I was baptized as a baby but when I saw the faces of our catechumens as they were baptized I wished my mother had not had me baptized LOL! I wished that I could have a memory of this wonderful event! I guess photos have to do. I was baptized as a baby but when I saw the faces of our catechumens as they were baptized I wished my mother had not had me baptized LOL! I wished that I could have a memory of this wonderful event! I guess photos have to do.

]]> By: NewGirl http://rciablog.com/2010/04/what-should-sponsors-avoid/comment-page-1/#comment-535 NewGirl Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:06:03 +0000 http://rciablog.com/?p=494#comment-535 When I was a Catechumen, one person said, "I'm so happy my Mother baptized me as a baby. If she hadn't, I would wonder if she loved me." I was so shocked that I couldn't even respond. My mother loves me, she just didn't believe in baby baptism since she isn't Catholic. I went home and cried. So please, let the sponsors AND candidates, know that being a Catechumen is a very good thing, not something to be ashamed of. When I was a Catechumen, one person said, “I’m so happy my Mother baptized me as a baby. If she hadn’t, I would wonder if she loved me.” I was so shocked that I couldn’t even respond. My mother loves me, she just didn’t believe in baby baptism since she isn’t Catholic. I went home and cried. So please, let the sponsors AND candidates, know that being a Catechumen is a very good thing, not something to be ashamed of.

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