Perspective.

Okay, so I'm a new Catholic, what's the big deal, what's the difference?

Well, rather than banging on about doctrines and stuff from books which you will either agree with or disagree with I'll mention feelings and impressions that I have sensed.

The biggest has been that sense of unity with the greater church.  Too be one in an incredibly tangible way with, yes the pope and the world wide Catholic church is wonderful, but there is more than that for there are also those saints who have gone before us.  Now not wishing to sound too 'touchy feely' (which if you know me, then you know that that is one thing that I am not), but during my first catholic communion I had a massive sense of S Thomas More being right there with me.

A Catholic friend of mine mentioned that once I was a part of the Catholic Church that everything would seem so much bigger.  He was right.