Meet Mary Birmingham

A valued RCIA leader

 
Mary Birmingham has been a leader in parish ministry for over 25 years. She has served as a catechist, liturgist, and director of the catechumenate.
 
One person said of her, Mary takes catechists by the hand and leads them gently through a very cleverly designed catechetical process. She presumes only a minimum of training, yet never talks down to her audience. In fact, she trusts that catechists will make judicious choices of her material, and she makes it easy for catechists to meet the needs of a local community. Mary has a knack for delivering solid scriptural exegesis, unpacking doctrinal implications in ways that make sense to ordinary people, and connecting both to the liturgical cycle. This is what a master catechist looks like—and she will make it look easy for those who are not as skilled as she, but unafraid to borrow from a master!

Mary is the author of Year-Round Catechumenate and the Word & Worship Workbook series. She holds a master’s degree from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. She is a team member and institute coordinator for The North American Forum on the Catechumenate, a presenter for the Georgetown Center for Liturgy, Spirituality, and the Arts (Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.), a presenter at national and diocesan workshops in the area of initiation, sacramental and liturgical catechesis and whole community catechesis across the United States and Canada.

Mary believes in Faith, Life, & Creed and has a passion for helping teams like yours. That’s why she has been working so hard to bring this project out to the public. She told us recently, I have never written so fast and furiously before in my life. My head is swimming! And she also told us, I know this process works, because it is conversion-based, liturgical year and lectionary-connected, and liturgy-centered.

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