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RCIA in the Easter Season: How to continue forming elect, catechumens, and candidates

Candidates, Catechumens, Easter, Elect / Michael Marchal

Michael Marchal is a retired teacher of high school English and college philosophy. He has worked with the RCIA in his parish since 1976 and has written three books on different aspects of the process. Later this spring his latest work, Reborn in the Spirit: Preparing At Home for Infant Baptism was coauthored with Jane […]

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RCIA in the Easter Season: How to continue forming elect, catechumens, and candidates

Has your RCIA team tried video conferencing?

Team, Training Articles / Nick Wagner

Mary Kay Arroyo and the initiation team at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradenton, Florida, have responded to the shelter-in-place regulations by connecting with their seekers through video chats. We asked Mary Kay to share with us how it’s going, and she sent us this video. Has your team tried some innovative tech solutions for

Has your RCIA team tried video conferencing?

Creating Sacred Space: A Holy Week gathering with Terry Hershey

Videos for team training / Diana Macalintal

Our worship spaces have been closed and our public liturgies suspended. So what do we look for now when we seek sacred space? What are the necessary ingredients? How do we discover new ways (or rediscover old ways) of experiencing God’s presence? How do we practice eucharistic gratitude in the absence of sharing the Eucharist?

Creating Sacred Space: A Holy Week gathering with Terry Hershey

What do RCIA teams do with the elect now that baptisms are postponed?

Baptism, Easter, Elect, Year-Round / Nick Wagner

Many parishes organize their catechumenate ministry on a school-year model. While this is not the vision of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, it is nevertheless a reality in many communities. However, the isolation and distancing requirements of the coronavirus outbreak have disrupted that model. And now, we’re feeling a little panicked. What in

What do RCIA teams do with the elect now that baptisms are postponed?

Community Chat – Our fears and concerns about the pandemic

Videos for team training / Diana Macalintal

The TeamRCIA community had its first Community Chat on Thursday, March 26. We shared our fears and concerns, prayed, and then looked at many of the questions on your minds during these challenging days. Below is the recording. (A time-stamped summary outline will come soon.) For more information, check out the videos we’ve provided in

Community Chat – Our fears and concerns about the pandemic

RCIA mystagogy when there have been no baptisms

Baptism, Evangelization, Mystagogy / Nick Wagner

The suspension of Triduum liturgies, especially the Easter Vigil, have left some RCIA teams foundering and wondering what to do with the elect during the period of mystagogy. If we look at the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults in the section on mystagogy, we will discover or rediscover a few key points. First, the

RCIA mystagogy when there have been no baptisms

Vatican guidelines on the Triduum in time of Coronavirus

Elect, Liturgy, Triduum / Diana Macalintal

On March 19, 2020, the Vatican issued guidelines and suggestions on the celebration of the Triduum for this year during this time of the Covid-19 Coronavirus. Here is the official text in English, Spanish, and French. UPDATE: The Vatican issued a slightly updated version of this decree on March 25, 2020. We summarize here the

Vatican guidelines on the Triduum in time of Coronavirus

How delightful is your RCIA process?

RCIA, Team, Training Articles / Nick Wagner

I want to tell you a story about delight. This past Christmas and New Year’s, Diana and I went to the Philippines for a family event. Our return trip included a 14-hour layover at Haneda airport in Japan. We arrived at Haneda exhausted. We made our way through security and then customs. We wearily found

How delightful is your RCIA process?

RCIA, the Triduum, and Coronavirus

Easter, Elect, Liturgy, Triduum / Diana Macalintal

Many communities might not be able to gather to celebrate the Triduum this year because of Coronavirus precautions. What does this mean for the RCIA rites of initiation that usually take place at the Easter Vigil? Here we look at some options that the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults gives us and explore some

RCIA, the Triduum, and Coronavirus

How to celebrate the Scrutinies and Presentations during coronavirus restrictions

Elect, Lent, Scrutinies / Diana Macalintal

If your church community is implementing restrictions for gathering during these next several weeks, we’d like to offer some ideas on how you can still help your elect celebrate the Scrutinies and the Presentations as they prepare for baptism. Click the video below. Summary outline: See below for a timestamped summary outline if you want

How to celebrate the Scrutinies and Presentations during coronavirus restrictions

RCIA in the Easter Season: How to continue forming elect, catechumens, and candidates

Has your RCIA team tried video conferencing?

Creating Sacred Space: A Holy Week gathering with Terry Hershey

What do RCIA teams do with the elect now that baptisms are postponed?

Community Chat – Our fears and concerns about the pandemic

RCIA mystagogy when there have been no baptisms

Vatican guidelines on the Triduum in time of Coronavirus

How delightful is your RCIA process?

RCIA, the Triduum, and Coronavirus

How to celebrate the Scrutinies and Presentations during coronavirus restrictions

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