Basic Introduction for our Rosary Religious Gift Site. Why we set this up.
I'm a 41 year old cradle catholic. I grew up attending 12 years of catholic school and wanted desperately to go to Seton Hall for college. Bad grades and a messed up financial aid system found me attending a NJ State School. It all worked out in the end as all things do with the Lord.
Even though college and my early 20s, I always tried to make sure the Lord was in my life and I tried to make a point to attend mass. I wasn't always sucessful where i often had to work during when mass was scheduled. Eventually I got a normal job and returned to being a Sunday pew potato. You know the person that is there every Sunday but never participated past that mass. The churches are full of pew potatoes.
About four years ago life has stablized for me and one Sunday morning I had gone to 7:30 mass and the deacon was giving the homily on stewardship. I will say you could tell that they Holy Spirit had taken the situation well into hand. It was so clear. As he finished he said and now there is an opportunity the RCIA needs sponsors. So the rest as they say is history.
I have found that although i went to 12 years of catholic school, I was wildly under educated in my faith. At first i thought it was because I must of slept thought theology because after all it was always our first class of the day. But as i got more into parrish life i found that I infact didn't sleep thought it and even Pope John Paul II said there was a whole generation of post Vatican II catholics that were not properly catechisised. And I was part of that generation.
So I've been on a journey of sorts to educate myself in my faith. I continue to work with the RCIA. I have switched parishes and there is a huge religious education program at my new parish. Infact they have built and entire online mp3 download catalogue of the lectures they have. I'm fortunate that our parish is well off enough to employ a full time adult education director.
Now while on this journey, I did forget the part that I moved to Texas and there was very few places to buy catholic religious articles, rosaries, or even Catholic Bibles. For the first several years I just thought it was a Texas thing. But my customers have told me that they too have trouble finding local stores that carry large selections of statues or other religious gifts. I often now use the internet to find the book or the inspirational decor for my home.
So that's when I had the idea for our website. I was rapidly learning that I was not the only one who couldn't find a religious store. My customers also tell me that as well. I am continuing to find unique religious gifts for our site. And in the mean time i'm going to be adding stuff as I learn it to in hopes to help others in my boat who just don't know.
Even though college and my early 20s, I always tried to make sure the Lord was in my life and I tried to make a point to attend mass. I wasn't always sucessful where i often had to work during when mass was scheduled. Eventually I got a normal job and returned to being a Sunday pew potato. You know the person that is there every Sunday but never participated past that mass. The churches are full of pew potatoes.
About four years ago life has stablized for me and one Sunday morning I had gone to 7:30 mass and the deacon was giving the homily on stewardship. I will say you could tell that they Holy Spirit had taken the situation well into hand. It was so clear. As he finished he said and now there is an opportunity the RCIA needs sponsors. So the rest as they say is history.
I have found that although i went to 12 years of catholic school, I was wildly under educated in my faith. At first i thought it was because I must of slept thought theology because after all it was always our first class of the day. But as i got more into parrish life i found that I infact didn't sleep thought it and even Pope John Paul II said there was a whole generation of post Vatican II catholics that were not properly catechisised. And I was part of that generation.
So I've been on a journey of sorts to educate myself in my faith. I continue to work with the RCIA. I have switched parishes and there is a huge religious education program at my new parish. Infact they have built and entire online mp3 download catalogue of the lectures they have. I'm fortunate that our parish is well off enough to employ a full time adult education director.
Now while on this journey, I did forget the part that I moved to Texas and there was very few places to buy catholic religious articles, rosaries, or even Catholic Bibles. For the first several years I just thought it was a Texas thing. But my customers have told me that they too have trouble finding local stores that carry large selections of statues or other religious gifts. I often now use the internet to find the book or the inspirational decor for my home.
So that's when I had the idea for our website. I was rapidly learning that I was not the only one who couldn't find a religious store. My customers also tell me that as well. I am continuing to find unique religious gifts for our site. And in the mean time i'm going to be adding stuff as I learn it to in hopes to help others in my boat who just don't know.
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