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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

How to grow your confidence as an RCIA team member

Evangelization, Leadership, Team / Nick Wagner

My beginnings in initiation ministry had two phases. I went to school to learn about liturgy, and my first parish job included planning and coordinating the rites for the catechumenate. I felt pretty confident about that role. Many years later, I moved to California for a non-parish job. I volunteered for to help out on

How to grow your confidence as an RCIA team member

Que esperar de la Vigilia Pascual

Easter / Nick Wagner

(This blog post was originally pubished here in English.) ¡Muchas Felicidades! A usted y a su equipo de RICA han trabajado muy duro en la preparación de los catecúmenos y candidatos para que estén listos para este momento que les cambiaria la vida. Considere este un abrazo virtual y palmaditas en la espalda por toda su

Que esperar de la Vigilia Pascual

Encouragement is a core value for catechumenate teams

Leadership, Team / Nick Wagner

Nehemiah, an officer in the 5th century BC Persian Empire, was feeling distressed. The emperor had granted Nehemiah’s request to help the Jewish remnant who still lived among the ruins of Jerusalem to rebuild the city. But, when he arrived, the situation was dire. Samaritans, Ammonites, Arabs, and Philistines had grown powerful in the land

Encouragement is a core value for catechumenate teams

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

How to grow your confidence as an RCIA team member

Que esperar de la Vigilia Pascual

Encouragement is a core value for catechumenate teams

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