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Training Article
Preparing the parish for the Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate
If the first time your parishioners meet a seeker is at the celebration of the Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate, you’ve missed an important opportunity! But if you spend time in the months and weeks before the rite to give your seekers an “experience of the company and spirit of Christians” (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults 42), that will…
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Q&A
Q&A: What if someone wants to join the RCIA in March?
Q: Since the catechumens and candidates come into the church at the Easter Vigil, how do you handle someone who wants to join RCIA in, say, March, when the others in the RCIA process have been there for several months? A. This is an important question, and it gets to the heart of how parishes have…
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Reflection Question
Reflection Questions for Seekers: Year C – Ascension through the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Ascension Sunday Background: Today, with the alternate second reading, we get both Luke’s long description of the ascension of Jesus in Acts and the short version in his gospel. Both end with prayerful expectation, with a portrayal of a community in prayer waiting for the Holy Spirit to empower them for evangelization and ministry. And in…
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Podcast
Episode 67: Eight ways to take Easter home
In this episode, Nick and Diana offer some tips for celebrating the Easter season in the domestic church. And during the Sunday Brunch, you will get three bite-sized catechetical morsels for Palm Sunday. And the whole thing leads off with yet another question about garments for the sacraments. To access this content, you must purchase…
