Becoming Catholic

Eliza Ceci
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BECOMING CATHOLIC is a podcast for anyone interested in learning what it's like (and what to expect) as a convert to the Catholic faith. My name is Eliza Ceci. In 2019, Jesus Christ saved me from an unbiblical, secular, and new age life. After feeling like there was something missing in my evangelical walk, God gave me yet another grace I didn't deserve - He opened my eyes and heart to the Catholic faith. Join me as I share my honest journey of what it's like to BECOME CATHOLIC - from how it all started all the way through to my confirmation in the Church (and beyond). My intention for this project is that it's a bridge of understanding for those who know and love the Catholic faith and those who are curious, questioning, or somewhere in between. IF YOU LOVE THE LORD, I invite you to join me! Let's learn what its like to become Catholic together. Click the follow or subscribe button to get our weekly episodes and if you like what you hear please leave a kind 5-star review.

  1. 06/03/2025

    21. What it's felt like to BE Catholic (after 15 months of preparation)

    It finally happened. In this episode I share (some) of what it's been like to be a Catholic convert. Spoiler, it's been amazing. 10 out of 10 recommend. ;) But it has been a lot to process and I share a little of it with you, here. Thank you so much for being here with me through this experience. We being with a slight pivot in episode themes in a few weeks with season 2. Can't wait to share more with you. xoxo HELPFUL LINKS CATECHISM I LOVE https://amzn.to/3XdMBZy  Catholic Conversion YouTube playlist https://youtu.be/jmii0zRKP5A?si=N0JbNoSzc_mdbgJK    If you enjoyed this episode please... + Click follow/subscribe + leave a kind 5-star review  + share with a friend who you think would like this podcast too CONTACT WWW.ELIZACECI.COM EMAIL: INFO@ELIZACECI.COM  DONATE: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate    Thank you for supporting this project! Love, Eliza

    28 min

  2. 03/04/2025

    20. Things You Need to Know about Ash Wednesday

    Welcome to episode 20 of BECOMING CATHOLIC. Explore our Lent reading book list: https://www.amazon.com/shop/elizaceci_/list/2AIDQDWH6U0M7?ref_=aipsflist  Lent is almost here and I want to share with you about getting ashes on Ash Wednesday - what it means, why it's beautiful and an opportunity for additional graces! AND, yes, all non-Catholics can particiapte fully too. How exciting is that? Let's talk about this wonderful sacramental of the Catholic faith. In this episode... - who can receive ashes on ash wednesday? - what ashes represent and why it's a biblical practice - encouragement for those who feel not a part of the community before being fully confirmed - what I've been doing that's been really effective as an evangelization technique (in a season where I haven't felt very helpful for God's kingdom) - details about sacramentals and why you might want to participate in using them I'll be praying for you this Lent. I hope your lenten devotions bring you ever closer to the Lord. Please use my email linked below if you have specific prayer requests. I'd be happy to pray for you personally   RELATED LINKS Biblical Roots of Ash Wednesday with Brant Pitre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vnGEJHg05E&t=1467s  Details about Sacramentals https://www.sistersofcarmel.com/sacramentals.php?mc_cid=087bce17d5&mc_eid=9bb2dd653e  Sisters of Carmel Newsletter with Sermon https://newsletter.sistersofcarmel.com/2025/02/26/the-power-of-ashes/#ash-wednesday-sermon HOW TO SUPPORT ME Shop My Amazon Storefront (mostly books!) https://www.amazon.com/shop/elizaceci_ If you enjoy this podcast and would like to give back, please consider offering me a mass for upcoming confirmation! https://mymassrequest.org/request-a-mass/individual-mass  You can also make a one-time donation: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate  HELPFUL LINKS GET YOUR FREE MASS TRACKER AND SPIRITUAL GRACES JOURNAL SHEET https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  CATECHISM I LOVE https://amzn.to/3XdMBZy  Catholic Conversion YouTube playlist https://youtu.be/jmii0zRKP5A?si=N0JbNoSzc_mdbgJK    If you enjoyed this episode please... + Click follow/subscribe + leave a kind 5-star review  + share with a friend who you think would like this podcast too CONTACT WWW.ELIZACECI.COM EMAIL: INFO@ELIZACECI.COM  DONATE: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate    Thank you for supporting this project! Love, Eliza

    30 min

  3. 02/27/2025

    19. how to prepare for a fruitful Lent - MY step by step plan to easily make YOUR own

    Welcome to episode 19 of BECOMING CATHOLIC. Lent Reading List Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/elizaceci_/list/2AIDQDWH6U0M7?ref_=aipsflist  Whether this is your first or 30th Lent I hope this episode will be helpful for you. :) 40 days can feel like a lot if you're unprepared. In this episode we talk about what a plan for lent can look like - whether it's detailed or simple - as long as it brings you closer to God. I share my entire detailed plan that you can easily borrow from and create something that works best for you. In this episode you'll learn... a brief overview of Lent the 3 pillars of Lent - prayer, fasting, and almsgiving how to create a foundational 'why' for your Lent to be fruitful is alms just about donating money? or is there more to it?  AND, more...   RELATED LINKS Restore Lent Devotional I'm using: https://amzn.to/3QBr2xq  Shop My Amazon Storefront (mostly books!) https://www.amazon.com/shop/elizaceci_  If you enjoy this podcast and would like to give back, please consider offering me a mass for upcoming confirmation! https://mymassrequest.org/request-a-mass/individual-mass  You can also make a one-time donation: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate  HELPFUL LINKS GET YOUR FREE MASS TRACKER & SPIRITUAL GRACES JOURNAL SHEET https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources A FREE LIST OF WORLDLY + UNBIBLICAL PRACTICES TO AVOID AS A BELIEVER https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  CATECHISM I LOVE https://amzn.to/3XdMBZy    If you enjoyed this episode please... + Click follow/subscribe + leave a kind 5-star review  + share with a friend who you think would like this podcast too CONTACT WWW.ELIZACECI.COM EMAIL: INFO@ELIZACECI.COM  DONATE: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate    Thank you for supporting this project! Love, Eliza

    40 min

  4. 02/05/2025

    18. What are Your Commitments as a Catholic? 6 Obligations You Say Yes to at Confirmation

    Welcome to episode 18 of BECOMING CATHOLIC. Get your free mass tracker and graces journal sheet: https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  Did you know Catholics have obligations? In this week's episode we look at what are called the Precepts of the Church and how if you're willing to submit to them that's a really good indicator of your faith! What are your obligations as a faithful Catholic? What are you saying yes to? Can you / will you commit? [panic sets in] but what if... I forget or get sick or can't do something?  the importance of obligation and the joy of obedience plus, additional resources to support you  I hope this episode blesses you!   RELATED LINKS 📖 Daily Roman Missal https://amzn.to/40OxS7m 📕 12 steps to holiness and salvation https://amzn.to/4hENIcd 📆 More info about holy days of obligation + a google calendary so you know when they are automatically https://www.omvusa.org/blog/catholic-holy-days-of-obligation/  👩‍💻 Helpful list of Rights and duties of Catholics https://waterloocatholics.org/rights-duties-of-catholics  Doing Fridays like a Catholic YT video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cQ0BGyWysA  📖 My favorite Catechism https://amzn.to/3WNnn3d  HELPFUL LINKS A FREE LIST OF WORLDLY + UNBIBLICAL PRACTICES TO AVOID AS A BELIEVER https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  Helpful Catholic Questions Answered YouTube playlist https://youtu.be/jmii0zRKP5A?si=N0JbNoSzc_mdbgJK  If this podcast has been helpful I'd be so grateful if you'd consider donating $10 to keep us going. Thank you! https://www.elizaceci.com/donate   If you enjoyed this episode please... + Click follow/subscribe + leave a kind 5-star review  + share with a friend who you think would like this podcast too   CONTACT WWW.ELIZACECI.COM EMAIL: INFO@ELIZACECI.COM  DONATE: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate    Thank you for supporting this project! Love, Eliza

    36 min

  5. 01/15/2025

    17. Are We Really Becoming Catholic this Year?!!

    Welcome to episode 17 of BECOMING CATHOLIC. Mass Tracker + Monthly Graces FREE DOWNLOAD: https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  Resource list for this episode:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/elizaceci_/list/1DX7CTET4QEH5?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d  Are we really (finally) becoming Catholic! The clouds are parting and the sun is shining on you (us) and I want to talk about it.  In this episode we talk about... the shift that happens in conversion from heaviness to joy and 'all is as it should be' how to ready yourself for what's to come my FAVORITE book for all believers about being saved aka conversion AND, more...   RELATED LINKS Catholic Conversion YouTube playlist https://youtu.be/jmii0zRKP5A?si=N0JbNoSzc_mdbgJK  Conversion - Spiritual Insights into an Essential Encounter with God (BOOK) https://amzn.to/42eOzeI  The 12 Steps to Holiness and Salvation (BOOK) https://amzn.to/4fZUY0g  HELPFUL LINKS A FREE LIST OF WORLDLY + UNBIBLICAL PRACTICES TO AVOID AS A BELIEVER https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  CATECHISM I LOVE https://amzn.to/3XdMBZy  Bibles    If you enjoyed this episode please... + Click follow/subscribe + leave a kind 5-star review  + share with a friend who you think would like this podcast too CONTACT WWW.ELIZACECI.COM EMAIL: INFO@ELIZACECI.COM  DONATE: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate    Thank you for supporting this project! Love, Eliza

    26 min

  6. 11/20/2024

    16. Intense Overwhelm on the Journey to Conversion? What's Helping Most

    Welcome to episode 16 of BECOMING CATHOLIC. If you're enjoying this podcast, I'd be so grateful if you'd consider donating to keep us going: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate Conversion is hard! Does anyone talk about that? I promised in this project I'd share what it's been like for me and in this episode I share what I've been thinking about and experiencing lately - including spiritual attack, paring down prayers to the basics (what this looks like for me), 2 things I'm really loving about Catholics, and more... If you're feeling overwhelmed in your conversion I hope the practices and suggestions I share will be helpful to you.   RELATED LINKS Father Ripperger Deliverance Prayers book https://amzn.to/3XhzJA5  The Holy Rosary by St Alphonsus Liguori https://amzn.to/4i19qrs  List of Aspirations https://www.fisheaters.com/prayers.html#last  Memento Mori Advent devotional https://amzn.to/4hU6CvX  St. Therese Sacrifice Little Things article: https://fatima.org/make-sacrifices-of-little-things/ HELPFUL LINKS A FREE LIST OF WORLDLY + UNBIBLICAL PRACTICES TO AVOID AS A BELIEVER https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  CATECHISM I LOVE https://amzn.to/3XdMBZy  Catholic Conversion YouTube playlist https://youtu.be/jmii0zRKP5A?si=N0JbNoSzc_mdbgJK    If you enjoyed this episode please... + Click follow/subscribe + leave a kind 5-star review  + share with a friend who you think would like this podcast too CONTACT WWW.ELIZACECI.COM EMAIL: INFO@ELIZACECI.COM  DONATE: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate    Thank you for supporting this project! Love, Eliza

    32 min

  7. 10/09/2024

    15. Now's the Time to Start Praying + Sharing the Novena for Hurricanes

    Welcome to episode 15 of BECOMING CATHOLIC. Pray the Novena for Hurricanes with us: https://www.praymorenovenas.com/novena-for-hurricanes  Prayer is a lot more powerful than people would like to believe. You might just be the answer to someone's prayer in their lives - as a child, a friend, a helpful hand when it was really needed. I've seen God bless the people in my life through answered prayers many, many times. Today I want to encourage you to start praying consistently - for you, your family and closest friends, and for your community. We all need prayer SO much right now. Will you join me in doing the 'novena for hurricanes'? Click the link above for the daily prayers, land et's come together in prayer. This community can change lives through prayer! Let's cultivate and live out love for our neighbor. Things we talk about this episode: - if you've stopped praying consistently, some suggestions on how to start up again (that's simple and effective) - Catholic virtue or charity and living our love for our neighbor - what if God seems to answer your prayers for others but not your own? - a reminder to offer masses for all circumstances - let's offer masses for those effected by these hurricanes! - information about praying the novena for hurricanes, join me in praying day 1 together If you have a prayer request send it to me and I'll add you to my prayer wall - everyone in this community IS prayed for.   RELATED LINKS Pray More Novenas: https://www.praymorenovenas.com/novena-for-hurricanes  St. Therese Sacrifice Little Things article: https://fatima.org/make-sacrifices-of-little-things/ Offering masses for hurricane victims here: https://mymassrequest.org/ OR https://www.shrineofdivinemercy.org/mass   HELPFUL LINKS A FREE LIST OF WORLDLY + UNBIBLICAL PRACTICES TO AVOID AS A BELIEVER https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  CATECHISM I LOVE https://amzn.to/3XdMBZy  Catholic Conversion YouTube playlist https://youtu.be/jmii0zRKP5A?si=N0JbNoSzc_mdbgJK    If you enjoyed this episode please... + Click follow/subscribe + leave a kind 5-star review  + share with a friend who you think would like this podcast too CONTACT WWW.ELIZACECI.COM EMAIL: INFO@ELIZACECI.COM  DONATE: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate    Thank you for supporting this project! Love, Eliza

    19 min

  8. 09/17/2024

    14. Why New Converts Want the Tradition of the Catholic Church

    If you're enjoying these episodes would you consider donating to keep our episodes going? https://www.elizaceci.com/donate thank you!  In this episode, we talk about... why new converts desire tradition (and why some Protestants rebuke it) what does it mean when we say the tradition of the catholic church is it actually hard to submit to church teachings? if so, what can we do to soften our hearts? I share my experience...   RELATED LINKS Conservative Catholic Priests NYT article - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/us/catholic-priests-conservative-politics.html HELPFUL LINKS A FREE LIST OF WORLDLY + UNBIBLICAL PRACTICES TO AVOID AS A BELIEVER https://www.elizaceci.com/free-resources  CATECHISM I LOVE https://amzn.to/3XdMBZy  Catholic Conversion YouTube playlist https://youtu.be/jmii0zRKP5A?si=N0JbNoSzc_mdbgJK    If you enjoyed this episode please... + Click follow/subscribe + leave a kind 5-star review  + share with a friend who you think would like this podcast too CONTACT WWW.ELIZACECI.COM EMAIL: INFO@ELIZACECI.COM  DONATE: https://www.elizaceci.com/donate    Thank you for supporting this project! Love, Eliza

    30 min
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BECOMING CATHOLIC is a podcast for anyone interested in learning what it's like (and what to expect) as a convert to the Catholic faith. My name is Eliza Ceci. In 2019, Jesus Christ saved me from an unbiblical, secular, and new age life. After feeling like there was something missing in my evangelical walk, God gave me yet another grace I didn't deserve - He opened my eyes and heart to the Catholic faith. Join me as I share my honest journey of what it's like to BECOME CATHOLIC - from how it all started all the way through to my confirmation in the Church (and beyond). My intention for this project is that it's a bridge of understanding for those who know and love the Catholic faith and those who are curious, questioning, or somewhere in between. IF YOU LOVE THE LORD, I invite you to join me! Let's learn what its like to become Catholic together. Click the follow or subscribe button to get our weekly episodes and if you like what you hear please leave a kind 5-star review.

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  • Creator
    Eliza Ceci
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024
  • Show Website
    Becoming Catholic