Hi LaCatolica:
You might find our website helpful.
We are former Jehovah's Witnesses who are now Catholic. Also, you can email me directly at [email protected]
We can help.
Jeff Schwehm
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New to Forum...Please Read!
by LaCatolica inhello everyone...before i even registered here i thought i'd peek in and check what everyone was talking about!
well, it all sparked my interest and here i am...maybe you all can help me cope with my little problem!
here's some background:.
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You take someone new to the memorial, and they make fun of it.
by free2beme ini remember one year i was in my late teens and living away from home and needed a ride to the memorial.
i was invited to go with a couple from the hall and on the way they picked up a bible study they invited, this bible study ended up being a person i worked with who i knew was studying.
we did the memorial thing, and dropped off the study and went home.
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A few years ago this man contacted me for help because his girlfriend had gotten involved with the JWs. The girlfriend had been invited to the Memorial and was very excited about it. She kept inviting her boyfriend to come with her to the service. The boyfriend asked me if he should go. I told him that it was up to him and that if he felt comfortable with it that he could go.
Well, they both went to the Memorial and after it was over the girlfriend was so underwhelmed by it all that she cried. I think she found it to be very unfulfilling and mostly a recruiting pitch as others have described on this thread. She eventually stopped her study with the JWs I believe. The boyfriend was overjoyed and this development.
Jeff S.
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Podcast on the Passion and The JWs' Memorial Service
by jschwehm inhi gang:.
i did a podcast this week that talks about the passion of christ and also tries to explain the jws' memorial service to non-jws.. if you would like to hear it, go to the following link:.
http://www.catholicxjw.com/catholicxjwpodcast.html.
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Hi Gang:
I did a podcast this week that talks about the Passion of Christ and also tries to explain the JWs' Memorial Service to non-JWs.
If you would like to hear it, go to the following link:
http://www.catholicxjw.com/catholicxjwpodcast.html
Jeff S.
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Please help, don't want to lose daughter
by katy inplease help,need some advice.
my daughter married a jw last april without telling us.
i suspect she thought we wouldn't approve.
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Hi Katy:
Contact me at [email protected] and we can help you. You can also visit our website at www.catholicxjw.com
Jeff S.
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Meditation on the Annunciation
by jschwehm inhi gang: .
you can download a meditation on the annunciation of our lord at the address below: .
http://catholicxjw.blogspot.com/ .
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Hi Gang:
You can download a meditation on the annunciation of our Lord at the address below:
http://catholicxjw.blogspot.com/
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Our First Podcast
by jschwehm inhi gang:.
kathy and i have done our first podcast.
check it out at www.catholicxjw.com.
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The Church of the Authentic Back Room
by jschwehm inhi gang:.
i thought you guys might like to read this:.
http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=32083.
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Hi Johnny:
The reason I wrote the article was because of something that happened to me the other day when I was at Church. Our priest was giving a homily on the mercy of God and was telling us how we can experience that mercy through the Sacraments.
At that moment, for whatever reason, I looked at the back of our Church and there was the back room with the sign "Reconciliation Room" on the door.
I then remembered the times people at the Kingdom Hall were taken (usually against their will) into the back room of the Kingdom Hall to be condemned and accused and controlled.
I then compared that to my experience since becoming Catholic of voluntarily going to the back room of the Catholic Church. In this room, I accuse myself of my own sins and the goal of the priest (acting in the person of Christ) was not to condemn me or to threaten me with shunning but to tell me that Jesus wants to forgive me and wants to reconcile with me and restore me to God's Universal Family.
I know of numerous individuals who went to the JW elders for assistance only to be DFed, shunned and condemned. This never happens to me in the confessional. In the confessional the priest (acting in the person of Christ) prays over me and with me and consoles me and reminds me of God's unconditional love.
Jeff S.
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The Church of the Authentic Back Room
by jschwehm inhi gang:.
i thought you guys might like to read this:.
http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=32083.
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jschwehm
Hi Gang:
I thought you guys might like to read this:
http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=32083
Jeff S.
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Former JW Radio Program on Monday Feb 27th
by jschwehm in.
hi gang:.
a good friend of mine by the name of mary kochan who is a convert to the catholic church from the jehovah's witnesses will be interviewed on catholic answers live this monday feb 27th at 6 pm eastern time.. jeff s.. you can listen on-line at www.catholic.com.
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Hi Clovis:
Your perspective is totally understandable. It took me years to even consider entering a Church (much less joining one) after leaving the JWs.
Just take it one day at a time.
Jeff S.
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Former JW Radio Program on Monday Feb 27th
by jschwehm in.
hi gang:.
a good friend of mine by the name of mary kochan who is a convert to the catholic church from the jehovah's witnesses will be interviewed on catholic answers live this monday feb 27th at 6 pm eastern time.. jeff s.. you can listen on-line at www.catholic.com.
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Hi Gang:
A good friend of mine by the name of Mary Kochan who is a convert to the Catholic Church from the Jehovah's Witnesses will be interviewed on Catholic Answers live this Monday Feb 27th at 6 pm Eastern Time.
Jeff S.
You can listen on-line at www.catholic.com