synodality – Team Initiation

Walking with seekers: Mystagogical accompaniment as synodal listening

Mystagogy, Training Articles / Nick Wagner

In several recent articles, we’ve explored how synodality—a way of walking together—is foundational to the catechumenate. In this article, I want to highlight a key component of both synodality and the catechumenate: listening for God’s Spirit. Listening is the heart of synodality and the catechumenate Pope Francis has consistently emphasized the importance of listening. He […]

Walking with seekers: Mystagogical accompaniment as synodal listening

Three ways to get parishioners engaged in the catechumenate rites

Article, Liturgy, Training Articles / Diana Macalintal

So you have a catechumenate rite coming up, and you might be wondering how to get your parishioners more engaged, more involved, and just plain excited about that rite! It’s definitely a challenge, but it’s one that you can handle if you pay attention to three things you need. The key is to help your

Three ways to get parishioners engaged in the catechumenate rites

Why synodality matters for your catechumenate ministry

Catechesis, Catechumens, Training Articles / Nick Wagner

I am struggling with how to start this article because synodality can be hard to describe. Honestly, the word itself can be a little confusing and maybe off-putting. If we’re familiar with it at all, we tend to think of a “synod” as something reserved for bishops. And that was true for a short time

Why synodality matters for your catechumenate ministry

The art of discernment: Accompanying seekers on their unique faith journeys

Discernment, Training Articles / Nick Wagner

In a chilly church basement, surrounded by anxious parishioners, I once explained the importance of spiritual accompaniment in the catechumenate process. I also outlined the church’s criteria for judging the readiness of a seeker to move forward to the next step of the initiation process. A local farmer, his hands rough and calloused, looked at

The art of discernment: Accompanying seekers on their unique faith journeys

Embracing conflict in the catechumenate: a path to synodal living

Leadership / Nick Wagner

In a previous article, we noted that what it means to be a “good Catholic” has changed. One clear marker of that change is the call to return to our roots from the early church and embrace a synodal way of living. In this article, I want to explore how we might apply the principles

Embracing conflict in the catechumenate: a path to synodal living

How your catechumenate team can build the future of the church

Leadership / Nick Wagner

Every day when I was a kid, I put on my white, short-sleeve shirt, clipped on my Catholic-plaid tie, and went to school. The sisters marched us single file into church for Mass, and we knelt in silent prayer until the priest rang the sanctuary bell and began the liturgy. The Mass was in English,

How your catechumenate team can build the future of the church

What is Pope Francis’s plan for dreaming together about the future?

Leadership / Nick Wagner

In previous posts, we’ve looked at the upcoming dreaming together process that Pope Francis has called for. But what exactly is the process? Officially the process is called a synod, which literally means walking together or dreaming together. They church has always had “synods,” even if they weren’t called by that name. The first synodal

What is Pope Francis’s plan for dreaming together about the future?

Why dreaming together about the future is important for RCIA teams

Evangelization, Leadership / Nick Wagner

In a previous post, we talked about the worldwide process Pope Francis has inaugurated to dream about the future of the church. I think all catechumenate teams should take this seriously. The church that we are initiating the seekers into today will not be what the church looks like in the future. The pope and

Why dreaming together about the future is important for RCIA teams

Dreaming together about the church of the future

Discernment, Leadership / Nick Wagner

Pope Francis wants to know what your dreams are for the church of the future. Seriously. He wants to know what you, personally, have to say. He has put into motion all the energy of the Vatican and called upon the worldwide bishops to set up listening sessions to hear from the People of God.

Dreaming together about the church of the future

Walking with seekers: Mystagogical accompaniment as synodal listening

Three ways to get parishioners engaged in the catechumenate rites

Why synodality matters for your catechumenate ministry

The art of discernment: Accompanying seekers on their unique faith journeys

Embracing conflict in the catechumenate: a path to synodal living

How your catechumenate team can build the future of the church

What is Pope Francis’s plan for dreaming together about the future?

Why dreaming together about the future is important for RCIA teams

Dreaming together about the church of the future

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