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Is your parish ready for the new translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults?

When the current translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults was promulgated in 1988, we might not have been as prepared as we need to be. Because we weren’t quite ready, many misinterpretations and misapplications of the rite began to flourish. The biggest difficulty is that the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults […]

Is your parish ready for the new translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults?

Q&A: Can directors of the catechumenate be godparents of their catechumens?

Catechumens, Easter, Lent, Q&A, Sponsors / Diana Macalintal

Q. I am the director of the catechumenate process in my parish. I was asked by two of my catechumens to be their godmother. While I am so humbled, I am not sure what the proper protocol is. Is it okay for catechumenate directors to be godparents of their catechumens? A. As long as you

Q&A: Can directors of the catechumenate be godparents of their catechumens?

The parish community in the Easter season

Easter, Neophytes / Clare Colella

I can’t help but smile as I read—and teach—that Lent is like a 40-day retreat, a time of reflection, quiet, prayer, and fasting. Sometimes it seems that even the spirit of “fasting and feasting” takes a back seat to the activities of initiation ministries during Lent. The invitation to silence and reflection is welcome but

The parish community in the Easter season

Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year C – The Fifth Sunday of Lent through the Second Sunday of Easter

Dismissal, Lent / Michael Marchal

You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.Fifth Sunday of LentBackground: For the second Sunday in a row, we are presented with a story about a sinner and the self-righteous—who are also sinners but don’t want to admit it. Yet, as Paul says today, all this judgment of others and

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Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year C – The Fifth Sunday of Lent through the Second Sunday of Easter

Q&A: What do we do if the pastor won’t celebrate the scrutinies?

Catechumens, Discernment, Lent, Q&A, Sponsors / Nick Wagner

Q. Hello! I am the director of our initiation ministry in my parish. We do not have a deacon, and my pastor does not get involved, so it’s just me and my team. My pastor does not like to do the scrutinies at this time of year. He usually encourages me to do a simplified

Q&A: What do we do if the pastor won’t celebrate the scrutinies?

Why the participation of the elect in the Easter Vigil is so important

Easter / Nick Wagner

The last Easter Sunday Mass that St. Augustine celebrated was in 430 AD, when he was 75 years old. In those days, 75 was more like 100 is today. Augustine must have been very tired from having concluded the long Easter Vigil just a few hours before. After his brief homily, the catechumens were dismissed

Why the participation of the elect in the Easter Vigil is so important

Q&A: Proxies for the scrutinies

Catechumens, Discernment, Q&A, Sponsors / Diana Macalintal

Q. One of our catechumens informed us that her godparent will not be able to be present for the three lenten scrutinies, and now she needs to look for a “proxy.” I have three questions: Who selects the proxy? Does the proxy need to fulfill all of the canonical qualifications of a godparent? Does the

Q&A: Proxies for the scrutinies

Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year C – The First through Fourth Sundays in Lent

Dismissal, Lent / Michael Marchal

You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.First Sunday of LentBackground: To understand this Sunday’s gospel, we need to realize that we are jumping back over the unfolding of Jesus’s ministry in Galilee that we have been reading in the early Sundays of Ordinary Time and returning to his baptism in

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Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year C – The First through Fourth Sundays in Lent

Catechumenate ministry on the digital continent

Catechesis, Catechumens, Evangelization / Nick Wagner

The first time I traveled to a foreign country (France and Italy) was in the 1990s. This was, of course, before cell phones were ubiquitous and before Google Translate and Google Maps were a thing. I had my Lonely Planet tour books and French and Italian phrase books to get me through. The “foreignness” of

Catechumenate ministry on the digital continent

Initiation team resources for Lent, Triduum and the Easter Season

Easter, Lent, Team / Clare Colella

In a recent Community Chat, TeamRCIA discussed the many ways the baptismal priesthood is the primary agent of formation for the inquirers, catechumens, elect, and baptized candidates. There were a lot of questions about where to find resources to help parishioners “do Lent” in such a way that they also accompany the seekers on their

Initiation team resources for Lent, Triduum and the Easter Season

Is your parish ready for the new translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults?

Q&A: Can directors of the catechumenate be godparents of their catechumens?

The parish community in the Easter season

Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year C – The Fifth Sunday of Lent through the Second Sunday of Easter

Q&A: What do we do if the pastor won’t celebrate the scrutinies?

Why the participation of the elect in the Easter Vigil is so important

Q&A: Proxies for the scrutinies

Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year C – The First through Fourth Sundays in Lent

Catechumenate ministry on the digital continent

Initiation team resources for Lent, Triduum and the Easter Season

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