{"id":920,"date":"2018-01-12T22:15:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T22:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/?page_id=920"},"modified":"2018-01-12T23:21:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T23:21:43","slug":"becoming-catholic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/evangelization\/becoming-catholic\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Catholic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content-column two_third'><div style=\"padding-right:5px;padding-left:0px;\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-486 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/sunrise-crucifix-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/sunrise-crucifix-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/sunrise-crucifix-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/sunrise-crucifix-3.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The beliefs of the Catholic Church and her beautiful teachings are consistent through the ages. Becoming a Catholic is journey of coming to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and His bride &#8211; the Church.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We believe that human beings were created by God in love and that everything God creates is good and created out of love. While we have the capacity for sin, the Church believes in the dignity of the human person above all else.<\/li>\n<li>We also believe that goodness infuses all of God\u2019s wondrous creation. All creation, made by God, reflects that goodness. Catholics see the world and its beauty, renewed by the Incarnation, as\u00a0<em>sacramental<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 speaking of God\u2019s goodness and love.<\/li>\n<li>We believe in stewardship. Everything is given to us by God and our Catholic responsibility is to share our time, talent and treasure with those around us.<\/li>\n<li>We believe in the Holy Trinity, that God has revealed himself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit \u2013 a communion of knowledge and love \u2013 has created us to share in that life.<\/li>\n<li>We believe in community and a living Church \u2013 believers are a part of the living Body of Christ and, as such, we are a reflection of the communal nature of the Trinity.<\/li>\n<li>We believe that God loved his creation so much that he became human in the person of Jesus to walk among us.<\/li>\n<li>We believe in the communion of the saints \u2013 models of faith who help us and guide us in our daily lives.<\/li>\n<li>We believe in Jesus\u2019 crucifixion, death and resurrection, and we hope that one day we will rise to new life with him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Becoming Catholic today means joining an ancient faith, deeply rooted in the teachings and traditions of Christ, that is filled with hope and vibrancy as we continue to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to all the ends of the earth.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_third last_column'><div style=\"padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;\"><blockquote>\n<h4>How do I become Catholic?<\/h4>\n<p>The journey &#8211; the process &#8211; of becoming Catholic for those who have never been baptized or have been baptized in another Christian Denomination is called the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.\u00a0This process is a return to the formation of the earliest members of the Church in the first and second centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/evangelization\/rcia\/\">HERE<\/a> to learn more about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults at Sacred Heart Parish<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":845,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-920","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920\/revisions\/1015"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hf-sh.org\/sacredheart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}