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Diana skies through the six principles of the RCIA
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Slides and handouts
Schedule outline
Instructions for Liturgy Preparation
Event-Based Catechesis
Liturgical-Catechetical Principles
Training in Christian Life
Monterey – learning needs
Learning needs drawings
Catechetical session outline
Six Principles of the RCIA
Distinguishing the Baptized
Free articles on RCIA team building
- Sponsors: Nine must-know facts
- 100 ways to involve parishioners in the RCIA
- 20 ideas for finding RCIA sponsors
- Who’s on your RCIA team?
- Learn more about liturgy with this new resource
- Questions from Pope Benedict for RCIA Teams
- RCIA in clustered parishes
- Spring checklist for RCIA teams
- What happens after the catechumenate?
- How firm a foundation
Bookstore
- Discerning Disciples: Listening for God’s Voice in Christian Initiation, Second Edition
- Enter the Rose: Retreats for Unfolding the Mysteries of Faith with Catechumens, Candidates, and All Believers
- Plan a Successful Discernment Retreat (webinar recording)
- The Way of Faith: A Field Guide for the RCIA Process
- How to Form a Catechumenate Team (PDF download)
- Dreams and Visions: Pastoral Planning for Lifelong Faith Formation
- Bundle: Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: A Reader’s Guide to the Introduction, Sections 1-4 (PDF download)
- Sunday Mass: Our Role and Why It Matters
- Why Go to Mass?
- The Heart of Faith: A Field Guide for Catechumens and Candidates
- Year-Round Catechumenate
Faith, Life & Creed
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Adult learning resources
These are some resources that influenced the way we designed the retreat.
- Halsey, Vicki. Brilliance by Design: Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011
- Knowles, Malcolm S. The adult learner: a neglected species. 4th ed. Houston, Tx: Gulf Pub. Co, 1990.
- Maslow, A. J. “Defense and Growth.” The psychology of open teaching and learning: an inquiry approach. 4. ed. Boston: Little, 1972. 43-51.
- Postman, Neil, and Charles Weingartner. Teaching as a subversive activity. New York: Delacorte Press, 1969.
- Stephenson, John, and Michael Laycock. Using learning contracts in higher education. London: Kogan Page, 1993.
