Rite of Acceptance

A checklist for preparing to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance (Entrance into the Catechumenate)

You’ve been given the date for the next celebration of the Rite of Acceptance (what the new translation calls the Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate). Now what? So much of the preparation for an effective celebration of a catechumenate rite involves preparing people, liturgically and spiritually, from the seeker to the presider and all […]

A checklist for preparing to celebrate the Rite of Acceptance (Entrance into the Catechumenate)

Should you do a presentation of a Bible in the Rite of Acceptance?

There’s an optional part of the Rite of Acceptance that we often automatically include without much thought. But there are some good reasons to think more deeply about this simple Presentation of a Bible that will help shape and catechize both your catechumen and your entire assembly. Can you help me out? I’d love to

Should you do a presentation of a Bible in the Rite of Acceptance?

From seekers to disciples: Unpacking the conversion journey within the Rite of Acceptance

Embarking on a journey of faith and seeking a deeper relationship with Christ is a profound and life-changing experience. The Rite of Acceptance plays a vital role in this conversion process. When we celebrate this rite with inquirers, they are changed from outsiders to insiders as the community embraces them as their own. But this

From seekers to disciples: Unpacking the conversion journey within the Rite of Acceptance

Is the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens mandatory?

The short answer is yes. Perhaps because we are just now emerging from our COVID stay-at-home isolation, parish teams seem to be asking about the rites of initiation and if all of them are mandatory. Some seekers may have a pressing need to forgo the normal sacramental process and be baptized without delay. This pastoral

Is the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens mandatory?

The Rite of Acceptance — the beginning of a paschal journey for the RCIA seekers

Earlier in this series on the rites of the catechumenate process, we discussed liminality. To live in a liminal state is the live betwixt and between, neither here nor there. The Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens is the first and clearest rite that puts seekers into a liminal life. There are two

The Rite of Acceptance — the beginning of a paschal journey for the RCIA seekers

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