This may seem like an obvious question, but there is a not-so-obvious answer I’d like to explore. To get to that answer, let’s look at another vital activity in human life—marriage. If I asked why betrothing is important, I think our answers would be qualitatively different than when I ask why catechizing is important. The […]
Why are “catechesis” and “catechizing” important?
Here is a pop quiz. In the next month, if ten visitors come to your Sunday liturgy, how many would you guess will return for a second visit? According to Chris Walker, founder of EvangelismCoach.org, the answer is one or two. And can you guess the number-one reason the other eight to nine did not
The key to evangelization: start talking and start inviting
This single sentence may be one of the most powerful statements in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Find out why. Learn more from our series on paragraph 75 of the RCIA:
Liturgy is basic food and nourishment for the catechumens. Discover the critical importance of celebrating appropriate rituals with them. Learn more from our series on paragraph 75 of the RCIA:
Suitable liturgical rites: RCIA 75.3
Let’s try a thought exercise. Pretend for a moment that you are God on the day before Creation. What is going through your mind? Are you perhaps lonely and dreaming of what it would be like to have companions? If you had companions, what would they be like? What would they do? How would you
RCIA catechists: Are you good stewards of imagination?
A key way the catechumens learn the faith is through the good example of the community. Explore this important passage in the RCIA. Learn more from our series on paragraph 75 of the RCIA:
Every once in a while, I meet an inquirer who is a Type A, goal-driven personality. He or she wants to know how many meetings we will have, how long they will last, and what book he should read. More often, however, it is the RCIA team that is goal-driven. We meet to create a
Learn what the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults means by “a suitable catechesis… accommodated to the liturgical year.” Learn more from our series on paragraph 75 of the RCIA:
A suitable catechesis: RCIA 75.1
One month after my 16th birthday—and one month after I got my driver’s license—I made a date with a girl I had a crush on. When I got home from school, I asked my dad if I could borrow his sports car for my date. He said no. We had just had an ice storm,
Five powerful discernment practices for RCIA teams
Why is it so difficult to know what to teach in the RCIA? Paragraph 75 of the rite gives us a clue. Watch this short video to find out. Learn more from our series on paragraph 75 of the RCIA:
What to teach in the RCIA: Use paragraph 75 as your guide
