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Diana Macalintal 3 Comments

The Ins and Outs of the Rite of Acceptance

  Have you ever wondered about how to help your parishioners and new catechumens understand better the meaning of the Rite of Acceptance? Then just take a look at your church doors. In this short video, Diana walks you through three moments in the Rite of Acceptance where the church doors play … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Liturgy, Rite of Acceptance, Uncategorized

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Is the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens mandatory?

The short answer is yes. Perhaps because we are just now emerging from our COVID stay-at-home isolation, parish teams seem to be asking about the rites of initiation and if all of them are mandatory. Some seekers may have a pressing need to forgo the normal sacramental process and be baptized … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catechumens, Rite of Acceptance Tagged With: Evangelization, Rite of Acceptance

Nick Wagner 1 Comment

The Rite of Acceptance — the beginning of a paschal journey for the RCIA seekers

Earlier in this series on the rites of the catechumenate process, we discussed liminality. To live in a liminal state is the live betwixt and between, neither here nor there. The Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens is the first and clearest rite that puts seekers into a liminal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rite of Acceptance Tagged With: Teaching the mystery

Nick Wagner 3 Comments

Should we provide ritual scripts for RCIA seekers?

Some of the RCIA rituals can be complicated. The Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens, for example, takes place in several locations, requires at least one procession, includes multiple gestures, and has many different moments of ritual dialogue. Our first inclination might be to write … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RCIA, Rite of Acceptance Tagged With: Assembly, Seekers, Teaching the mystery

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A memorable rite of welcome

Mollie Muntefering is the coordinator of liturgy and music at St. Mary Catholic Church in Waverly, Iowa. Does your parish have a year-round RCIA process? Do you have a story you’d like to share? If so, please send about 1,000 words to Nick Wagner, nick@teamrcia.com. On the first Sunday of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Candidates, RCIA, Rite of Acceptance Tagged With: Assembly, stories, year-round

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