Archive for February, 2010

I read a blog post today on delegating that has some interesting ideas for busy RCIA team leaders. Sometimes the leader is the whole team, and there is no one to delegate tasks to. Michael Hyatt lists seven strategies for distributing or reducing your workload. I’m going to reframe three of them for the work [...]

If you participated in the webinar on the Rite of Election a few weeks ago, you will be ready to appreciate the good and the not-so-good aspects of any celebration of that rite. Even if you missed the webinar, however, I hope you are quite familiar with the rite as it appears in the ritual text [...]

Virtual Learning Community posted an excellent video of Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk speaking about the faith of the church. Archbishop Pilarczyk makes the claim that we can give a full summary of everything the church teaches in less than five minutes. And then he goes on to prove it! Don’t miss this excellent catechist in action. [...]

What is the meaning of the symbol of ashes on Ash Wednesday and where do the ashes come from?   What are the fasting regulations for Lent?   Should we empty the baptismal font for Lent?   But aren’t we fasting from water during Lent? Like Jesus did in the desert?   Who signs the [...]