Articles by Nick Wagner

Places, postures, and gestures in the RCIA Rite of Welcome

When unbaptized inquirers take the first formal step on their initiation journey, we celebrate the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens with them. The celebration of that rite changes their status within the community. When baptized inquirers are ready to make a formal beginning, we have the option of celebrating the Rite of […]

Places, postures, and gestures in the RCIA Rite of Welcome

Time to recover the prophetic power of the RCIA dismissal

When I first heard about the dismissal of the catechumens from the Sunday Mass, it was an “I-could-have-had-a-V8-smack-on-the-forehead” moment. I instantly saw the catechetical value for parish communities. If mid-pew Catholics saw people processing out of church in the middle of Mass, what would they think? How would they deal with the disruption? Who would

Time to recover the prophetic power of the RCIA dismissal

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