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TeamRCIA Starter Kit Bundle includes:

• Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Study Edition
• The Way of Faith: A Field Guide for the RCIA Process
• Enter the Rose: Retreats for Unfolding the Mysteries of Faith with Catechumens, Candidates, and All Believers

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In A Harvest for God: Christian Initiation in the Rural and Small-Town Parish, Michael Clay offers practical, step-by-step insights into implementing the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults in a way that is faithful to the rite and respectful of rural culture. Anyone who ministers in a rural or small-town catechumenate will find this book a valuable aid. Published by Liturgy Training Publications.

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Product #01-012MC
Paperback, 192 pages
Liturgy Training Publications (2007)
ISBN: 978-1568543673
10.7" x 8.3" x 0.6" | 9.6 oz

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These prayers are meant to sustain and enrich those who volunteer, often without thanks. This is a great gift book for volunteers.

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Product #01-058DM
Paperback, 48 pages
Twenty-Third Publications (2001)
ISBN: 978-1585951390
7.1" x 5.2" | 2.3 oz

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This hands-on method, the Church's preferred approach for the catechumenate, is presented in a systematic, easy-to-use format based on the Liturgy of the Word for Sunday Mass, with activities suggested for each Sunday of the three-year cycle of readings. Recommended catechetical resources including the Catechism of the Catholic Church, conciliar documents, papal encyclicals, liturgical documents, and more help to link each suggested activity with the teaching of the Catholic Church.

A fresh and fruitful approach for those who work with catechumens, candidates, confirmation preparation, and both youth and adult religious formation.

Evocative art by Paula Wendland.

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Product #01-026JG
Paperback, 112 pages
World Library Publications (2007)
ISBN: 978-1-58459-327-0
10.8" x 8.3" x 0.4" | 12 oz

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In an engaging writing style for all Catholic inquirers, author Nick Wagner brings his expertise on RCIA by offering answers and insights to those interested in learning more about this process.

This affordable pamphlet is an ideal resource for pastors, catechists and religious educators.

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Product #01-093NW
pamphlet, 16 pages
3.75" x 5.5" | 0.3 oz
Creative Communications (2011)

Your purchase allows you to use and distribute the reader's guide for free within your entire parish or school.

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This guide takes the Pope's important contribution to the line of papal encyclicals on Catholic social teaching and puts it in plain, simple language. Designed as a supplement to reading the Pope's letter, the guide includes reflection questions for each chapter of the encyclical. It is perfect for private study or group use.

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Product #02-003NW
PDF or PowerPoint download, 108 pages
TeamRCIA (2009)

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Conversion is the foundation of the initiation process. This easy-to-read team training handout helps initiation teams understand what it means to "enter the way of faith," to create an environment for conversion, and to spot the signs of initial faith.

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Product #02-016NW
PDF download, 4 pages
TeamRCIA (2009)

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Bill Huebsch offers a blueprint for how to bring the dreams and visions for a GREAT parish to fruition. He shows parish leaders and ministers how to move in the direction of lifelong faith formation by offering adults in the parish powerful conversion experiences (particularly through parish-based retreats and intergenerational Faith Gatherings).

He also offers a clear and consistent plan for step-by-step growth, with special emphasis on excellent liturgies, strong and effective catechist and teacher formation, and developing households of faith—in every home in the parish. In this definitive guide, he not only shows parishes how to get started but also how to keep going until lifelong faith formation is a reality.

Dreams and Visions offers a strong plan of formation for the whole community with the goal of helping all parishioners turn their hearts so fully toward Christ that a fire is lit in the heart of the parish itself. Highly recommended for all pastors, parish teams, DREs, and parish ministers.

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Product #01-004BH
Paperback, 160 pages
Twenty-Third Publications (2007)
ISBN: 978-1585956388
8.3" x 5.4" x 0.4" | 6.4 oz

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Although the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is less than 40 years old, its origins actually go far back to the beginnings of the Church. In this simple PowerPoint/PDF presentation, you quickly see how the rite developed throughout the centuries. This is a great formation resource for initiation team members.

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Product #02-017NW
PDF and PowerPoint downloads, 6 pages
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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TeamRCIA has just republished this previously out-of-print book now as a downloadable PDF e-book. Karan provides guidance for the team coordinator, advice for selecting various team members, and a step-by-step process for skill building.

She also includes sample sessions for faith sharing, developing listening skills, understanding conversion, and a sample retreat day. But that’s not all. She has provided a terrific summary of common objections about why creating an ideal team can’t work in your parish—and then shows you how it can indeed happen!

And here’s the best part. You only need to order one PDF copy for the parish. Your purchase allows you to make copies for everyone on your team. This is a great deal on an essential tool for your team.

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Product #02-027KHP
PDF download, 57 pages
TeamRCIA (2011)

You have permission to use, reprint, and distribute this team resource for free for your entire RCIA team.

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This holiday season, at dinner tables and living rooms, the "domestic church" will celebrate its sacred gathering, story-telling, meal-sharing, and thanks-giving. Don't miss the opportunity to help the catechumens see these household rituals as moments for formation in the Christian life.

How to Lead a 90-Minute Catechetical Session on Holiday Dinners is a TeamRCIA team-training handout that does exactly as its title says. Here, Nick Wagner presents a simple mystagogical process for catechizing based on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, or Easter dinner.

We're offering this valuable PDF download for FREE as we prepare for the holiday season!

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Product #02-025NW
PDF download, 4 pages
TeamRCIA (2009)
8.5" x 10"

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Kathleen Glavich addresses these questions and more by focusing on the nature of prayer, what Jesus taught about it, when and how to pray, and difficulties in prayer. She offers a variety of prayer forms like praying with Scripture, the Eucharist, the Divine Office, Lectio Divina, meditation, praying with mantras, the rosary, the stations of the cross and much more.

This is an essential and indispensable resource for all RCIA teams—a must have guide for your catechumenate program.

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Product #01-049KG
Paperback, 216 pages
Twenty-Third Publications (2009)
ISBN: 978-1585957569
5.5" x 8.5" | 9.5 oz

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In 27 brief essays, seven experts on liturgy and its inculturation in Spanish-speaking communities offer insights into the process of Christian initiation, the history of the catechumenate, the sacraments of initiation, and the periods and rites of the RCIA as well as the roles of sponsors, godparents and the parish assembly.

Initiation teams, pastors, sponsors, liturgy committees, and catechists will find in this resource a helpful guide to ministering within Hispanic communities. It is an invaluable resource for celebrating well the birth of new members into the body of Christ. Text in Spanish.

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Product #01-010MA
Paperback, 60 pages, Spanish
Liturgy Training Publications (2002)
ISBN: 978-1568544311
9" x 6.1" x 0.2" | 3.5 oz

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Product #01-003RF
Paperback, 134 pages
Paulist Press (2007)
ISBN: 978-0809144723
9" x 6" x 0.5" | 6.4 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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The RCIA is not a ministry you can do by yourself. This easy-to-read team training handout helps initiation coordinators learn six effective strategies for identifying and recruiting new volunteers for catechumenate ministry as sponsors and catechists.

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Product #02-023NW
PDF download, 4 pages
TeamRCIA (2009)

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Everyone who works with Christian initiation will encounter a predicament that only a knowledge of canon law can resolve. Reading lists, legal texts and an index are included.

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Product #01-017JH
Paperback, 104 pages
Liturgy Training Publications (1994)
ISBN: 978-1568540825
6" x 9" | 5 oz

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Becoming Catholic is a process of falling in love. The person we're falling in love with, over and over again, more and more deeply, is Jesus Christ. To become Catholic, you have to open your heart to the love Jesus has for you and return that love as best you can.

So begins The Heart of Faith, where catechumens and baptized candidates quickly learn that Jesus Christ will be their focus throughout their journey through the catechumenate. They will learn what they need to do to become Catholic too, of course, as they discern, pray, worship, break open the Word, and try to live their daily lives as followers of Christ.

They will learn in particular what living the way of Christ looks like.

The author says it involves these four things:

• A conversion of mind and heart
• An understanding of what the Church teaches
• A loving heart
• A true desire to be initiated (or received into full communion).

He guides catechumens and baptized candidates through the entire process of preparing for initiation or reception into full communion. Wagner covers the major rites (e.g. the Rite of Acceptance, the Rite of Election, the Scrutinies) as well as keeping Lent, celebrating the Triduum, and life after baptism.

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Product #01-089NW
paperback, 102 pages
8.8" x 6" x 0.5" | 7.2 oz
Twenty-Third Publications (2010)

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The most up-to-date resource book on the RCIA available that offers general guidelines and practical directions on specific areas of pastoral concern.

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Product #01-009TM
Paperback, 304 pages
Paulist Press (1997)
ISBN: 978-0809137589
8.8" x 6" x 0.5" | 13.6 oz

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The Way of Faith is exactly what team-trainers have been looking for: a resource packed with advice, tips, techniques, and tools to help them start or sustain the catechumenate in their parishes. It includes advice for every aspect of the rite: starting a team running a catechetical session leading a dismissal session finding sponsors discerning if catechumens are ready making adaptations for your parish heading up the children s RCIA celebrating the rites With this field guide in their hands, parish leaders and teams will have the confidence they need to lead the RCIA, teach others how to help with the process, and transforms the hearts of everyone involved. This book offers all the help they need, including rehearsal outlines for the major celebrations, a list of appropriate Sundays for celebrating the Rite of Acceptance, and 100 ideas for involving your most important team member the parish community. This is THE perfect resource for everyone who is responsible for guiding catechumens and candidates on their conversion journey from the pastor to catechists to sponsors and godparents. It will completely transform the way initiation happens in a parish!

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Product #01NW-001
Paperback, 200 pages
Twenty-Third Publications (2008)
ISBN: 978-1585957101
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Looking back, I can see that my family's regular participation in the liturgy was probably the most significant part of my faith formation. - Nick Wagner, from Why Go to Mass?

Why Go to Mass? is a compelling and challenging call to embrace our beliefs and celebrate them as Catholic Christians. Also great for those who have slipped away from Sunday liturgy and need a special nudge to see it in a new and more spiritual light.

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Product #01-090NW
paperback, 28 pages
8.5" x 5.5" | 3 oz
Twenty-Third Publications (2011)

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Product #01-046MB
Paperback, 622 pages
Paulist Press (1999)
ISBN: 978-0809138265
10.7" x 8.5" x 1.6" | 41.6 oz

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As the title indicates, Word and Worship Workbook for Year B is for teachers "preparing" catechesis or religious instruction. This particular volume "breaks open" (explores and interprets) the seasons, Sundays and feasts of Cycle B (readings from the Gospel of Mark).

Word and Worship Workbook for Year B is directed primarily to adults but can be adapted for use with children. Ideal for all who use the common lectionary, this is an essential reference for directors of religious education, catechists, and parochial school teachers. It is invaluable for Christian initiation teams liturgy teams, and professors and students in formation programs. In addition, small faith communities, prayer groups and homilists will find the book an unending source of inspiration.

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Product #01-047MB
Paperback, 896 pages
Paulist Press (1999)
ISBN: 978-0809138982
11" x 8.5" x 2.1" | 72 oz

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Product #01-048MB
Paperback, 688 pages
Paulist Press (1997)
ISBN: 978-0809137473
11" x 8.5" x 1.7" | 54.4 oz

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How does the vision of Christian initiation outlined in The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults fit into a program modeled after the school year? It doesn't, argues Mary Birmingham. The RCIA describes an initiation process that exists at the heart of the Church's life and on the same schedule as the Church: every day, all year long. While that may sound overwhelming and unimaginable, Birmingham carefully explains how it is not only possible but also the best stewardship of the gifts and talents of initiation ministers. She then walks the reader step by step through the periods and rites of the RCIA, providing helpful insight along the way. Chapters cover topics such as: sacramental catechesis; the periods and rites of initiation; the initiating community; mystagogia; doctrine and the catechumenate.

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Paperback, 160 pages
Liturgy Training Publications (2007)
ISBN: 978-1568544120
8.8" x 5.9" x 0.5" | 12.8 oz