The Year of Saint Paul Reading II 1 Thes 1:5c-10 Brothers and sisters: You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord…. The way of faith The church, in her doctrine, life, and worship, perpetuates and transmits to every generation … […]
Catechesis for 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Several of the TeamRCIA members will be at the North American Forum Convocation next month. I’ll be speaking on “How to Get the Whole Parish Community on Your Formation Team.” There is lots of scholarship money still available, so you could get much of the $298.00 registration fee waved. The beginning of the latest Forum
RCIA convocation offers more than four dozen practical workshops
Part of being Word people is to reflect on our life and faith through the Word. These faith-sharing skills are essential for your team members who will lead dismissal sessions and other gatherings of catechumens because faith-sharing will help the catechumens connect Scripture to their daily lives. People learn best how to effectively lead faith-sharing
Faith-sharing skills for your team
The Year of Saint Paul Reading II 1 Thes 1:1-5b We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ…. The way of faith The Holy Spirit, whom Christ
Catechesis for 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Now is a good time to review paragraph 75 of the RCIA, which outlines the four practices of faith into which we are to apprentice the catechumens. The first section of paragraph 75 calls for a “suitable catechesis” that is “solidly supported by celebrations of the word.” In The Coming of God, Maria Boulding reminds
Form catechumens in God’s Word
The Year of Saint Paul Reading II Philippians 4:6-9 Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God…. The way of faith “Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.”
Catechesis for 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Year of Saint Paul Reading II Philippians 2:1-11 Brothers and sisters… Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves…. The way of faith “The universal Church is “Ëœa people brought into unity from the unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.’”
Catechesis for 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Year of Saint Paul Reading II Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me life is Christ, and death is gain…. The way of faith The dignity of the human person requires the pursuit of the common good. Everyone should be concerned to
Catechesis for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Year of Saint Paul Reading II Philippians 2:6-11 Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped…. The way of faith The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might
Catechesis for Feast of the Holy Cross
The Roman Catholic Church in the US has a long history of catechetical instruction focused on teaching doctrine. However, two key documents of the church, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and the General Directory for Catechesis call for a process of formation that leads to conversion and participation in the Paschal Mystery through
