Catechesis

Is your RCIA open all year-round? Being flexible and going after that lost sheep

Catechesis, Catechumens, RCIA, Year-Round /

My last article concerning the use of online resources (Much ado about doing the RCIA online) elicited some interesting comments. As I considered some replies to these comments, I found myself writing enough for another full article. The heart of my previous article was to emphasize the importance of face-to-face interaction that our catechumens and […]

Is your RCIA open all year-round? Being flexible and going after that lost sheep

Is your RCIA open all year-round? Much ado about doing the RCIA online

Catechesis, Catechetical session, Year-Round /

As a director for our parish’s adult catechumenate ministry I field a lot of phone calls and e-mails from seekers wanting to know about the various programs and processes our parish has to offer. I do my best to be welcoming and attentive in answering their questions in the hopes that I can schedule a

Is your RCIA open all year-round? Much ado about doing the RCIA online

The one, most important thing we have to teach in the RCIA

Catechesis, Evangelization, RCIA /

I shouldn’t do this to myself. I wanted to write a bit about the period of evangelization and precatechumenate. I know there are many misunderstandings about this part of the process. The biggest one is that there’s a “schedule” for the precatechumenate. There isn’t one. At least, there shouldn’t be. So, to find some examples

The one, most important thing we have to teach in the RCIA

Is your RCIA open all year-round? Redefining when the process starts

Catechesis, RCIA, Year-Round /

It’s no secret that the life in most parishes follows the old-school academic calendar. So it’s at this time of year when parish schools, groups, and ministries begin to awaken from their long summer slumber. For most every parish I’ve encountered, that includes the catechumenate formation process. The fact that those of us in catechumenate

Is your RCIA open all year-round? Redefining when the process starts

RCIA: A radical, ground-breaking, world-shaking, world-transforming way of being church

Catechesis, Evangelization, RCIA /

Do you remember when you first heard about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults? If you are a lifelong Catholic in your 40s or younger, you probably grew up experiencing the rites. Older Catholics, on the other hand, remember growing up without the catechumenate. I learned about the RCIA in the 1980s when I

RCIA: A radical, ground-breaking, world-shaking, world-transforming way of being church

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