Diana Macalintal is the cofounder and codirector of Team Initiation.
If you watched the livestream of the 2019 Fall meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, you saw that the agenda included a vote on the proposed English translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (to be called the “Order of Christian Initiation of Adults” in the new text). I won’t […]
Is a new RCIA / OCIA around the corner?
1: Catechumens have a job to do The reason catechumens are dismissed for the Mass after the homily is not because they cannot yet share in Communion. It is because they have a specific role in the worshipping assembly. As soon as a person enters the order of catechumens, they have two important liturgical responsibilities.
Five things to know about dismissals
Especially in this most unusual time, when many of our church buildings have remained closed, we at TeamRCIA are so grateful that the church’s mission continues through you. In these last few weeks, as many of you learned new ways of connecting, praying, and supporting our catechumens and candidates, we have been overwhelmed by your
Happy New Year and a blessed Epiphany to all of you! We hope you enjoy a couple of gifts from us here: A simple liturgy to bless your home and chalk your door on Epiphany and a fun video below on how to make Epiphany stars.
Our Epiphany gifts to you for 2019!
Last year, we sent you our greetings from the snows of the Sierras in California. This year, we send you warmest greetings from the tropical heat in Panama City, Panamá! Blessed Christmas to you from all of us here at TeamRCIA! May the Word who became flesh dwell in your words and live in your
Our video Christmas card to you!
I’ve heard many RCIA team members confess to me that they failed because a catechumen just never “got it.” I’ve felt this too with catechumens who didn’t turn out to be as committed to discipleship as I hoped. I’ve shared war stories with pastors and RCIA directors about the “post-Easter drop-off,” when many newly initiated
Have we actually tried the RCIA?
Your catechumens had been participating in the Liturgy of the Word for months, maybe even for years, and they pretty much know the routine. But now that they’re neophytes and are no longer dismissed from the Mass after the homily, some of them might be feeling a little lost in their new experience of the
How neophytes learn to participate in the Mass
Blessed Easter to you from all of us here at TeamRCIA! May God who dispels our darkness bring you new life and light this season and all year long.
There’s something different about this year’s Triduum. Early in the morning before the sun comes up this Saturday, March 31, 2018, if you look up in the still-dark sky, you will see what I call the “Easter-is-coming-soon-moon”–the first full moon after the spring equinox. This is the moon that each year determines the date of
Blessed Christmas to you from all of us here at TeamRCIA! May God who chose to dwell with us bless you this season and all year long.
Christmas video card from TeamRCIA
