Speaking In Tongues

A friend of mine mentioned on the phone about speaking in tongues. She just recently started attending church regularly and say's that she might not be 'ready' yet. The tongue topic was never brought up so I thought I'd do a little research

http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Aug2001/Wiseman.asp
Why No Speaking in Tongues?

Q: If the Sacrament of Confirmation is a sign of receiving the Holy Spirit, why don’t we Catholics speak in tongues after receiving it? Why are such manifestations of the Spirit seen only among charismatics at prayer?

A: Speaking in tongues (glossolalia) is best understood by starting with First Corinthians 12:1—14:40. There Paul explains that every gift of the Spirit is to benefit the entire Body of Christ.
Any gift can be misused by damaging that body, especially by causing factions (for and against someone or a small group of people). Apparently, that had already happened in Corinth before Paul wrote First Corinthians.
Paul teaches that the Spirit’s greatest gift is charity (13:13). All other gifts are subordinate to it. See Galatians 5:22 where Paul describes nine “fruits” of the Spirit.
The vast majority of confirmed Catholics will never speak in tongues—as Paul uses that term. Why? That’s a good question to ask God when you get to heaven.
Most Catholics and other Christians have cooperated with God’s grace in less dramatic but no less effective ways than speaking in tongues. What is primary is using the Spirit’s gifts to build up the Body of Christ.

http://www.cpats.org/CPATSAnswerDirectory/Answers_to_Questions/2002_10OctoberQuestions/2002OctOnSpeakingInTongues.cfm
Q:What is the Catholic Church's views regarding "speaking in tongues"?

Answer:

The Church believes as it always has for 2000 years that all the gifts of the Holy Spirit are ever present.
That would include Tongues, Prophecy, Healing, Miracles and so on.

We don't believe that tongues must be the first evidence of the "baptism of the Holy Spirit" as our Protestant Charismatic and Pentecostal brothers believe.

God dispenses gifts to those who ask in accord to His will. Therefore we beleive that some may prophesy or heal and not necessarily speak in tongues.

Most classical Catholics are not used to these manifestations. Although the gifts have always been with the Church, for many Centuries tongues was a predominantly private experience not "advertised" for lack of a better term.But miracles, and prophecy have always been out in the open.

For the most part, the gifts of tongues is manifested in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal but it is not limited to that group.