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A checklist for preparing to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance (Entrance into the Catechumenate)

Liturgy, Rite of Acceptance, Training Articles / Diana Macalintal

You’ve been given the date for the next celebration of the Rite of Acceptance (what the new translation calls the Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate). Now what? So much of the preparation for an effective celebration of a catechumenate rite involves preparing people, liturgically and spiritually, from the seeker to the presider and all […]

A checklist for preparing to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance (Entrance into the Catechumenate)

Q&A: When you have only one catechumen, do you dismiss them?

Dismissal, Q&A, Training Articles / Diana Macalintal

Q: If we only have one catechumen, would we still dismiss them? That puts a lot of attention on that one catechumen and on the team. We have to be sure they arrive on time and check in so we know that they are there. We have to alert the musician and presider that we

Q&A: When you have only one catechumen, do you dismiss them?

Don’t dismiss the dismissal of catechumens

Dismissal, Training Articles / Diana Macalintal

We often hear people say they feel uncomfortable dismissing catechumens from the Mass because it seems inhospitable. So they choose not to do it. But skipping the dismissal of catechumens is like omitting the end of the Mass for the baptized! It’s the way catechumens are co-missioned with the faithful from the Mass to do

Don’t dismiss the dismissal of catechumens

Mystagogical catechesis for neophytes

Mystagogy / Diana Macalintal

It’s Easter and the premier time for mystagogical catechesis. But what exactly is it, and how do you do it? Mystagogy, especially for neophytes, might not be what you think it is. First, it’s not another meeting. Mystagogy, according to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, takes place at the Sunday Masses of the

Mystagogical catechesis for neophytes

How to present the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer to the elect

Elect / Diana Macalintal

When we think of giving the Creed or the Lord’s Prayer to the elect, we often imagine that we are to give to them a beautiful piece of paper printed with those words. But the ritual has a different idea, one that is grounded in the way God interacts with everyone God calls. In this

How to present the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer to the elect

What does a Scrutiny sound like?

Scrutinies / Diana Macalintal

Compared to some of the other rites of the catechumenate, the Scrutinies can seem a bit boring, intimidating, or tedious. When they come across that way, it’s hard to get your assembly engaged in them, much less, your elect! And that can lead to treating the Scrutinies as unnecessary. But the Scrutinies can be some

What does a Scrutiny sound like?

How to make the Rite of Sending come alive

Liturgy / Diana Macalintal

The optional Rite of Sending is a very simple ritual for your catechumens who are ready to move into the Period of Purification and Enlightenment. If you pay some attention to two specific moments, you can help make this significant liturgy more meaningful and powerful for both your catechumens and your parishioners. Bulletin Insert: Seeking

How to make the Rite of Sending come alive

Should you do a presentation of a Bible in the Rite of Acceptance?

Rite of Acceptance / Diana Macalintal

There’s an optional part of the Rite of Acceptance that we often automatically include without much thought. But there are some good reasons to think more deeply about this simple Presentation of a Bible that will help shape and catechize both your catechumen and your entire assembly. Can you help me out? I’d love to

Should you do a presentation of a Bible in the Rite of Acceptance?

When is the right time to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance?

Article / Diana Macalintal

We sometimes think that the beginning of the liturgical year in Advent or the beginning of a school year would be good times to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance since that ritual begins the catechumenate process for a seeker. But the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults has a different vision for how we think

When is the right time to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance?

Q&A: Can sponsors be dismissed?

Q&A, Sponsors / Diana Macalintal

Q. Can you give me a reference, resource, or rubric where it states sponsors or godparents should never be dismissed with the catechumens? A. The basic teaching of the church is that those who are members of the order of the faithful (all the baptized) have an obligation to pray all the prayers that belong

Q&A: Can sponsors be dismissed?

A checklist for preparing to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance (Entrance into the Catechumenate)

Q&A: When you have only one catechumen, do you dismiss them?

Don’t dismiss the dismissal of catechumens

Mystagogical catechesis for neophytes

How to present the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer to the elect

What does a Scrutiny sound like?

How to make the Rite of Sending come alive

Should you do a presentation of a Bible in the Rite of Acceptance?

When is the right time to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance?

Q&A: Can sponsors be dismissed?

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