I'm seriously not trying to bag on the Catholic Church, but this is exactly the kind of stuff that made me leave. It's so bureaucratic and human-conceived-dogma-driven, that the church has totally lost sight of the entire reason that Christ said we're here: to love God and each other. Period. You don't need a catechism literally the size of a phone book with the complexity of fifth-year law textbook to tell you how to do that. All the by-laws and corollaries don't tell me whether I'm saved (by whatever definition you want to use for that term), my relationship with God is what matters, not whether I missed Mass on a "Holy Day of Obligation" (which by the way, is a mortal sin).

The Church has devolved into much less a community of believers seeking Christ than a political, bureaucratic corporation. After 20-something years, I finally realized that all the policies, procedures, rites, rituals, and guilt-mongering was actually driving me away from wanting a relationship with God. Thankfully, I found a church that centered on having a personal relationship with Christ and serving the community.

If the structure of the CC is really something that sits well with you and brings you closer to God, then by all means, go with it. But my advice would be to keep your focus on Him and what good you can do for the world, and not the layers of distractions and complications that the CC tends to pile on top of the real message.