Comments on: Who sponsors child catechumens? http://teamrcia.com/2008/09/10/who-sponsors-child-catechumens/ PREPARE TO INITIATE: Start and sustain the catechumenate in your community Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nick http://teamrcia.com/2008/09/10/who-sponsors-child-catechumens/#comment-2131 Nick Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:36:33 +0000 http://teamrcia.com/?p=489#comment-2131 Hi Mary. Sounds like a great way to involve the parents. Do the children have another sponsor besides their parents in your process? Hi Mary. Sounds like a great way to involve the parents. Do the children have another sponsor besides their parents in your process?

]]> By: Mary http://teamrcia.com/2008/09/10/who-sponsors-child-catechumens/#comment-2125 Mary Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:39:02 +0000 http://teamrcia.com/?p=489#comment-2125 Greetings! We require a parent to accompany each child while we are having a session. I take the adults in a separate room and address the same thing the children's catechist is taking so the adults feel more comfortable talking about it with their children. We address the issues of "why" they waited and assure them that now is the acceptable time! It works well for us. Greetings! We require a parent to accompany each child while we are having a session. I take the adults in a separate room and address the same thing the children’s catechist is taking so the adults feel more comfortable talking about it with their children. We address the issues of “why” they waited and assure them that now is the acceptable time!
It works well for us.

]]> By: Nick http://teamrcia.com/2008/09/10/who-sponsors-child-catechumens/#comment-2066 Nick Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:52:41 +0000 http://teamrcia.com/?p=489#comment-2066 Hi Melissa. There is a distinction between "sponsor" and "godparent." Parents might be allowed to serve as a sponsors for their children during the period of the catechumenate. However, at the Rite of Election, the godparents step in. Parents cannot be godparents for their own children. With adults, the sponsor and godparent are often the same person, but the roles are different. Hi Melissa. There is a distinction between “sponsor” and “godparent.” Parents might be allowed to serve as a sponsors for their children during the period of the catechumenate. However, at the Rite of Election, the godparents step in. Parents cannot be godparents for their own children.

With adults, the sponsor and godparent are often the same person, but the roles are different.

]]> By: Melissa http://teamrcia.com/2008/09/10/who-sponsors-child-catechumens/#comment-2065 Melissa Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:02:43 +0000 http://teamrcia.com/?p=489#comment-2065 Team RCIA - I am confused. Canon law does not allow a parent to be a sponsor for Baptism of Infants (Canon 874 Par. 1; #5); why then is it acceptable for parents to be the sponsor of a child in the RCIA? Just curious. Team RCIA - I am confused. Canon law does not allow a parent to be a sponsor for Baptism of Infants (Canon 874 Par. 1; #5); why then is it acceptable for parents to be the sponsor of a child in the RCIA? Just curious.

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