Evangelization – Page 6 – Team Initiation

Why don’t we make disciples in the summer? The core fear that prevents a year-round RCIA process

Catechumens, Evangelization, Year-Round / Nick Wagner

The Holy Spirit does not call people to discipleship only from September to May. The call is constant, and hearts of seekers are moved to respond every hour that Christians are awake and living in the world. We know that is true because we are the presence of Christ. And when Christ is present, people […]

Why don’t we make disciples in the summer? The core fear that prevents a year-round RCIA process

Six myths about RCIA in the parish

Dismissal, Evangelization, Q&A, RCIA / Nick Wagner

Myth: A year-round catechumenate process is harder than a school-year program Every parish team I’ve talked with that has transitioned to an ongoing catechumenate process tells me that the amount of work involved is either the same or less than when they were running a school. See: Free download: The one, most important thing we

Six myths about RCIA in the parish

The Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate — a time for getting messy

Evangelization / Nick Wagner

A light mist was falling as I waited to cross the intersection. Suddenly, out of the darkness, a tall man asked me for a handout. Then a look, or a word, or his own demons set him off, and he began to yell. The light changed, and I rushed past him to the other side.

The Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate — a time for getting messy

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

Catechesis, Evangelization, RCIA / Nick Wagner

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

How the RCIA makes us dream of a new church — a summary

Catechumens, Evangelization, RCIA / Nick Wagner

Over a series of several posts, we have looked at the paradigm shift that was launched at the Second Vatican Council and further developed in the restoration of the catechumenate. The overarching shift in our model of church, taught by the Second Vatican Council, is a reenvisioning of the church’s mission. A simple way to

How the RCIA makes us dream of a new church — a summary

The RCIA is our definitive statement on conversion

Catechesis, Catechumens, Evangelization / Nick Wagner

When the bishops of the Second Vatican Council called for a restoration of the catechumenate, they were actually asking us to shift our paradigm of conversion. Conversion would no longer mean “becoming Catholic” (as in, “I used to be Lutheran, but I am a convert to Catholicism.”). Conversion has a much more profound meaning. The

The RCIA is our definitive statement on conversion

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

Catechesis, Evangelization, RCIA / Nick Wagner

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

Two secrets to RCIA evangelization — smile at strangers and buy a van

Evangelization / Nick Wagner

If you go to almost any ministry conference or listen to Catholic media, you will probably hear that the future of the church in the United States does not look good. We’re told that Sunday Mass participation, especially among millennials, is in steep decline. Sometimes the experts will speculate that we need to become a

Two secrets to RCIA evangelization — smile at strangers and buy a van

What commitment is your RCIA prioritizing?

Catechesis, Evangelization, Team / Nick Wagner

In a recent post, I pointed out that the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity from the Second Vatican Council instructs that we who are members of the royal priesthood should be especially focused on social action (see paragraph 7). I then drew the conclusion that if our RCIA processes are not making this

What commitment is your RCIA prioritizing?

Teach RCIA seekers to imagine salvation

Catechesis, Evangelization / Nick Wagner

On a recent trip for a TeamRCIA institute, Diana and I took time to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. As I stood contemplating a 19th century Impressionist work, two young women dashed in front of me, snapped a picture of the paining, and hurried away as quickly as they’d arrived.

Teach RCIA seekers to imagine salvation

Why don’t we make disciples in the summer? The core fear that prevents a year-round RCIA process

Six myths about RCIA in the parish

The Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate — a time for getting messy

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

How the RCIA makes us dream of a new church — a summary

The RCIA is our definitive statement on conversion

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

Two secrets to RCIA evangelization — smile at strangers and buy a van

What commitment is your RCIA prioritizing?

Teach RCIA seekers to imagine salvation

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