I want to go back to church, just dont know how

[mosschops30]

I want to go to church again, I want to take the dc's to Mass on sundays and for it to become a family thing for me and them.
I converted to catholicism 5 years ago, but after having a really bad couple of years I havent been, this year I didnt even go at easter I did go to dd's easter liturgy performance though.

I argued with our priest about having ds2 baptised so Im not exactly on the best foot, but there is another priest who rotates in the parish who is supposed to be lovely.

Should I try and make amends with the priest who I argued with (who according to the school mums is generally a bit of a miserble old git) or try and track down the nicer priest and chat to him?

I'm not sure why you feel the need to make amends with the priest, or chat to the other one. Surely if you want to go to church, then you just have to find out the times of the services and turn up? It may be convenient to get on well with your priest, but I don't think its really a requirement for church-going. You go to worship God and/or because you feel it is the proper thing to do if you believe in God.

But maybe the RC church goes about things differently, I'm an Anglican so we don't have quite the same "belonging to the church community" thing that the RCs seem to feel very strongly.

Would it help to arrange to go to confession (with the nice priest!)? - it depends how comfortable you feel with it, but it might help you feel that you are really welcome back.

You could just turn up at Mass - I'm sure people would be pleased to see you.

If you are still a bit angry with the not-so-nice priest maybe it would be worth taking a deep breath and having a chat with him - you don't have to get on with him but it does help if you are on talking terms.

What was the argument about with respect to DC baptism?

I agree acorn it is nice to be able to clear the air and start a fresh

I could quite easily just turn up for Mass every week, but I do need to go to confession and I would prefer that to be with someone I know and like IYSWIM

The argument was about non catholic godparents and him allowing me to have dd (14) as the only catholic godparent. We had a bit of a ding dong about it on the phone

Did your ds get baptised in the end?

When I?ve had problems with difficult priests (there are a few around) I?ve sometimes found it helps to make a special effort to pray for them. We expect wonders of them, but they are just human, sometimes with less than fantastic social skills, doing a difficult job without much support.

I would still search out a more friendly priest for confession though!

I hope you find a way back.

thank you acorn, ds2's baptism is in June so I would like to iron things out before then