Training Basics

• Rite of Acceptance and Rite of Welcome
• 6 reasons you need to read the RCIA
• Who’s on your team?
• 100 ways to involve parishioners in the RCIA
• RCIA discernment: What is it and how do you do it?
• How to lead a 30-minute dismissal session
• How to lead a 90-minute catechetical session
• The secret to effective rituals: rehearsal
• A step-by-step guide to mystagogy
• 20 ideas for finding sponsors
• How do we get more people in the RCIA?

There are a lot of resources on TeamRCIA.com for team training. Here are a few in particular to notice:

• The joys and vexations of RCIA ministry
• What are your limits?
• Lesson from a VW Beetle: Turn your limits into opportunities
• A 5-step, dreams-to-reality process for RCIA teams
• Teach catechumens to dream big—by example
• 3 ways to delegate when you have no RCIA team
• RCIA: Program or process? And does it matter?
• Nine tips for recruiting RCIA ministers
• Six steps toward a richer RCIA process
• The secret to a successful RCIA team

You might also want to browse through the team training resources in our online store.