Baptized Candidates

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How do you honor the role, dignity, and place of baptized candidates? This simple flowchart makes it easier for your team members to discern the appropriate process for each baptized individual, according to their unique situations and needs.

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Product #02-018DM
PDF download, 1 page
TeamRCIA (2009)

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Why is it that when Christians are asked to explain their faith they are often left speechless? True, there is much about faith that defies description and explanation. Yet John Pritchard thinks we can do better than stunned silence when posed with challenging questions about what it means to have faith in Jesus. In a world that increasingly doubts the need for organized religion, it is important for Christians to have straightforward and respectful answers to questions such as "Is Christianity for those who can't get a life?" and "What use is a dying God?" and "What's the use of praying?" In How to Explain Your Faith, Pritchard helps us explore these challenging questions and many more.

In a style that is simple without being simplistic or sugar-coated, practical without being preachy or pious, Pritchard takes readers to the heart of the matter of Christian faith.

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Product #01-056JP
Paperback, 136 pages
Liturgical Press (2007)
ISBN: 978-0-8146-3178-2
8" x 5.3" x 0.4" | 6.3 oz

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By drawing on the liturgical experience of catechumens and the rest of the assembly who celebrate with them, Living Baptism Daily provides a basis for reflection, discussion, and prayer.

Chapters are "Fresh from the Font," "The Journey of a Lifetime," "Becoming a Christian," "Called into Community," "Welcoming the Stranger," "Echoing the Word," "Called and Chosen," "Reborn to New Life," "Living in the Spirit," "Gathered Around the Table," "What Have I Done?" and "Looking Back, Looking Forward."

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Product #01-032LM
Paperback, 119 pages
Liturgical Press (2009)
ISBN: 978-0-8146-2965-9
8.1" x 5.3" x 0.3" | 4.8 oz

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In almost every parish in North America, the people who come seeking membership in the Catholic Church are more likely to be baptized than unbaptized, yet most of the material published for Christian initiation focuses primarily on the unbaptized. This book is different. Ron Oakham has invited pastoral ministers and scholars to present historical and theological foundations for ministry to the baptized candidate. In light of these foundations, of the practice of parishes throughout North America and of his discussions with many other initiation ministers, Oakham proposes a comprehensive, pastoral plan for adapting the principles of initiation for the baptized candidate.

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Product #01-043RO
Paperback, 176 pages
Liturgy Training Publications (2007)
ISBN: 978-1568540702
8.8" x 6" | 7.2 oz

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"Father of mercy, we thank you for these your servants. You have sought and summoned them in many ways, and they have turned to seek you." –From the "Rite of Acceptance"

These words from the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults inspire this powerful retreat by Kathy Coffey.

This lovely retreat will conclude with the Ephphetha Rite, one of those recommended for the elect (See RCIA 185-205).

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Product #02-014KC
PDF download, 10 pages
PastoralPlanning.com

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From the opening hymn to the closing song, Anne Koester takes us on a journey through the Sunday Mass, offering meaningful insights to enhance our weekly gathering. Koester speaks as if she sits across the table from us, sharing her thoughts about our individual roles in the church and why they are so important. Inspired by real-life conversations on this topic, Sunday Mass: Our Role and Why it Matters encourages us to become a more active assembly so we may be further enriched by the liturgical celebration. To help us fully understand our mission and ministry as the Body of Christ, Koester includes some of her conversations as examples and offers relevant reflection material with room for us to note our personal thoughts and responses.

This thoughtful book presents new perspective on the eucharistic celebration in a way that teaches us to fully engage in the Mass each week, to enjoy that time spent with God and our fellow parishioners, and to share our faith with others as we "go to love and serve the Lord."

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Product #01-057AK
Paperback, 64 pages
Liturgical Press (2007)
ISBN: 978-0-8146-3163-8
6" x 9" | 5.5 oz

In this webinar, Nick Wagner and Diana Macalintal discuss:

• Why do we celebrate the Rite of Welcoming the Candidates?
• What exactly is the Rite of Welcoming the Candidates and how is it different from the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens?
• When do we celebrate the Rite of Welcoming the Candidates?
• How do we celebrate it well?
• What is the potential impact of the Rite of Welcoming the Candidates on our parish communities?

This webinar originally aired on October 27, 2011. The full video/audio recording includes a downloadable handout and recommended resources.

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Product #08-015NDrec
Webinar recording
TeamRCIA (2011)

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Each year, many adults who have never been baptized become Catholic. In the United States, these adults are outnumbered by baptized Christians of other denominations who seek to enter into the full communion of the Catholic Church. In the minds of many Catholics—indeed, in many parish preparation programs—there is little difference between the two groups. Baptized and catechized Christians are often placed in programs with those who have not been baptized. Just as often, the two groups are welcomed into full membership alongside one another during the Easter Vigil, thereby obscuring further the distinction between them. Imagine that a high school senior transfers schools and is subsequently placed in middle school classes. Imagine no one thinking this change in status odd.

Turner explores the rites of reception in the early church and the Second Vatican Council's call for ecumenical dialogue and looks to the reception rites of other Christian communities to gain added perspective. Drawing on that foundation of unity, they will find cause for rejoicing and restlessness and will learn steps to avoid and steps to take so that communion becomes both easier to achieve and a reality in their midst.

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Product #01-028PT
Paperback, 184 pages
Liturgical Press (2007)
ISBN: 978-0-8146-6216-8
8.8" x 5.8" x 0.5" | 6.4 oz