Do you have personal Catholic friends?

[Vox Clamantis]

In real life, for me, there are Quis and Jenn and that's it for Catholic friends. All my other friends are nebulously Christian or agnostic, all good-hearted people, though.

[JayneK]

My best friend was someone I knew from childhood.  We were both from Jewish families and both became Christians during our teens around the same time.  In our twenties, I became a Catholic and she became a liberal Protestant. In recent years, I ended up a traditional Catholic, but she became an atheist.  It leaves a hole in my life as if she had died. 

I'm sorry, Jayne... Very sad. I hope you're praying for her (maybe slide her a green scapluar!)

I have been trying to develop a friendship with a Catholic woman whom I have known for years but not spent much time with.  She is a practicing Catholic who attends the NO but is sympathetic to tradition.  I was showing her my Little Office of the Blessed Virgin the other day and she thought it was wonderful.  She said, "I guess you find out about great things like this because you hang around traditional circles."

Nice! I hope you can bring her toward Tradition at least some, and that you and she can get to be good pals

Thanks, Vox.  Great idea about the green scapular.

[Phillipus Iacobus]

There aren't any traditional Catholics in my family. The only Catholic friends I have are the much older people who go to the same Mass I do, and those who sing with me in the schola. I am friends with some traditional priests. One of my best friends is a non-practicing Novus Ordinarian. My other best friend is also a nominal Novus Ordinarian, but he has shown strong interests recently at practicing, and I am slowly nudging him in the right direction. I recently made a thread about it. In short:

Family: no traditionalists, a practicing NO here and there. Most are cultural Catholics.
Friends: Less than 10 traditionalists or even regular Catholics (Church goers, religious, priests, and friends online.) Most friends in real life cultural Catholics.

[SaintAndrew]

I'm dating a girl who's a rather devout Catholic, though.

If the girl you're dating can be defined as "Catholic" and "rather devout", then I pray it progresses.

[LaramieHirsch]

Wow.

No wonder we are dwindling and powerless.  We are so spread out and scattered.


Myself, you know probably from previous threads.  I primarily have only atheist close friends.  Such is my lot!

[INPEFESS]

Do you people have friends in your immediate circle who are Catholic?  I mean good friends, who you've known for years and hang out with and all that?  Families who get together and all that?  Support groups? 

Yes. My closest friend is traditional Catholic. We have befriended each other for the greater part of our lives.

Deo gratias!

[GeorgeT]

We have some. Some live far away and we rarely see them. Others live close but are very busy with homeschooling. We see them more frequently and hang out sometimes. There's one couple with a few small children I'd like to befriend. They even live in our town. But they always leave quickly after Mass. I've talked with them briefly but not enough to form a relationship. Generally, things are lonely for us but there's some hope for the future.

[StrictCatholicGirl]

I have two best girlfriends, a practicing Catholic and an observant Jew.