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The RCIA challenge of developing intimacy with Jesus—and my billion best friends

In our RCIA groups, we often have people at very different levels of faith. The General Directory for Catechesis identifies three levels. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is really concerned only about the first two levels: initial proclamation and initiatory catechesis. However, we often have very many people in our RCIA groups who […]

The RCIA challenge of developing intimacy with Jesus—and my billion best friends

Six signs of readiness for the Rite of Acceptance

Inquiry, Rite of Acceptance / Nick Wagner

How do you know if your inquirers are ready to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance? The RCIA gives us some clear guidelines to help us discern. Discover what they are in this brief video. Free download: The one, most important thing we have to teach in the RCIA

Six signs of readiness for the Rite of Acceptance

Can an art docent help RCIA teams learn to catechize better?

Catechesis / Nick Wagner

I recently saw a docent at the Art Institute in Chicago patiently explaining Georges Seurat’s masterpiece, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, to a grade school class. She obviously had a firm grasp of the facts about the painting—size, date painted, number of figures in the painting, number of years to complete—but

Can an art docent help RCIA teams learn to catechize better?

Five key questions to ask RCIA inquirers

Evangelization, Inquiry / Nick Wagner

Help your RCIA inquires create a plan for their conversion with these five, simple questions. Free download: The one, most important thing we have to teach in the RCIA

Five key questions to ask RCIA inquirers

Six “best practices” for every RCIA catechist

Catechesis, Mystagogy / Nick Wagner

When we engage in the art of catechesis, we can group people into three broad categories. First, there are those who know little or nothing about Jesus. Then there are those who recognize Jesus as the source of true peace and joy, but they do not know much more than that. Finally, there are those

Six “best practices” for every RCIA catechist

Is your RCIA team catechizing at all the levels the church expects?

Catechesis / Nick Wagner

Years ago, an RCIA team I was on encountered a woman who did not know that Jesus was the Son of God. And she had no understanding at all of the Holy Spirit. Not all that unusual, is it? That same year, however, a Methodist man asked us about becoming Catholic. He was a good

Is your RCIA team catechizing at all the levels the church expects?

Three easy ways to evangelize

Evangelization / Nick Wagner

The period of the precatechumenate is all about evangelization. Don’t send seekers away, asking them to come back later. Use these simple skills to engage them immediately.

Three easy ways to evangelize

Why RCIA sponsors are like poultry

Sponsors / Nick Wagner

Sunday mornings were a whirlwind of drama when I was a kid. My mother, a single parent, was like a hen trying to round up her uncooperative chicks to get us to Mass each week. I think of those days when I read in the RCIA, “The Church, like a mother, helps the catechumens on

Why RCIA sponsors are like poultry

Do your RCIA sponsors know the single reason for Jesus’ death and resurrection?

Sponsors / Nick Wagner

One of the most challenging duties for sponsors is to model an apostolic lifestyle for the catechumens (see RCIA 75.4). Most sponsors live an apostolic lifestyle, but if you asked them to describe what that looked like or how they do it, they might have some difficulty. Why an RCIA sponsor’s lifestyle is so important

Do your RCIA sponsors know the single reason for Jesus’ death and resurrection?

Are you overloading the RCIA “boat”?

Training Articles / Nick Wagner

[quote] Move toward an excellent initiation process by focusing on the unbaptized.

Are you overloading the RCIA “boat”?

The RCIA challenge of developing intimacy with Jesus—and my billion best friends

Six signs of readiness for the Rite of Acceptance

Can an art docent help RCIA teams learn to catechize better?

Five key questions to ask RCIA inquirers

Six “best practices” for every RCIA catechist

Is your RCIA team catechizing at all the levels the church expects?

Three easy ways to evangelize

Why RCIA sponsors are like poultry

Do your RCIA sponsors know the single reason for Jesus’ death and resurrection?

Are you overloading the RCIA “boat”?

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