Dear Amy —

This is a case where there are all sorts of variables so it would be good for you to contact your local Marriage Tribunal and they will help you out.

I hesitate to answer in general, but there are certainly circumstances where you could not come into the Church without your husband's participation in a process.

Fr. Jonathan

Hi, Amy —

I used to run a free program that sent Catechisms to seeking Protestants and non-Christians but no longer have the financial or operational means to do this anymore.

Seeing you may be preparing to take RCIA classes in the near future, I would encourage you to consider buying a cheap copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to learn everything we believe as faithful Catholics.

Under each boxed format for the Catechism you want, you will see, below the box, an option to buy a used version, which many times, is not really used but close to new.

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Mike