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Clare Colella Leave a Comment

The Parish Community in the Easter Season

I can’t help but smile as I read—and teach—that Lent is like a 40-day retreat, a time of reflection, quiet, prayer, and fasting. Sometimes it seems that even the spirit of “fasting and feasting” takes a back seat to the activities of initiation ministries during Lent. The invitation to silence and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Easter, Neophytes Tagged With: Easter, Easter Vigil

Nick Wagner Leave a Comment

Teaching the RCIA seekers how to live the paschal mystery

Over the last several posts, we have been exploring how, in celebrating the rites of the catechumenate, we have to begin with the end in mind. The “end” we are striving for is fullness in the life of Christ (see RCIA 206). We looked at the major rites in reverse order to clearly show how the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catechesis, Neophytes Tagged With: Teaching the mystery

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Why the RCIA period of mystagogy is crucial for your neophytes

We have said many times before that mystagogy takes place throughout the entire catechumenate. If that’s so, why is there a particular period of the catechumenate specifically named “mystagogy”? To understand that, we have to understand how liturgy relates to catechesis. The church teaches that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mystagogy, Neophytes Tagged With: Adult formation, Mystagogy

Diana Macalintal 3 Comments

How neophytes learn to participate in the Mass

Your catechumens had been participating in the Liturgy of the Word for months, maybe even for years, and they pretty much know the routine. But now that they’re neophytes and are no longer dismissed from the Mass after the homily, some of them might be feeling a little lost in their new experience … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dismissal, Liturgy, Neophytes Tagged With: Dismissal

Nick Wagner 9 Comments

Rejoice and be glad: An RCIA story of mystagogy

Jane (not her real name) was initiated at the Easter Vigil. She had some doubts about going through with it. During Lent, her RCIA leader told her she had to take a test to see if she knew enough about Catholic teaching to get baptized. Jane had never been very good at tests, so she was nervous. She … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Easter, Mystagogy, Neophytes Tagged With: Evangelization

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