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PAR35 -

You may be right that my practice of the Catholic faith has been shaky. However, I am trying to correct that the best way I can.

And, yes, I do talk to my wife about my thoughts about the RCC and Lutheran church. Hopefully, it is not perceived as pressure. We have been members of a ELCA church in the past, but I feel there so much missing from my RC background. I don’t know what it is; I just feel it (.. not to sound too Jedi!)

Actually, it seems that I would never have to ‘convert’ to be a member of any Lutheran church. Is there a procedure in the Lutheran church, similar to the RCIA?

If you feel as though you are shaky in your Faith, it may not be a bad idea to go to the RCIA classes with your wife. That would allow you to learn some of the things that you may have missed, and would probably help her to be more comfortable with going for such a long time. One of the professors at my college did that when his wife converted and he re-verted after something like 20 years.

As others have mentioned, the Coming Home Network is also a great resource. Don't worry about it being a difficult path; others have traversed it as well to find it was worthwhile.