Adult formation

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 the liturgy is “the privileged place for catechizing the People

Why the RCIA period of mystagogy is crucial for your neophytes

Q&A: Does the RCIA have a category for unbaptized, catechized seekers?

Q: What would you do with someone coming from a tradition that baptizes adults and older teens and so was catechized but never baptized? We don’t have an unbaptized, catechized, category. A:This is a great question, and it is actually a fairly common one. In the United States and in some parts of Canada and

Q&A: Does the RCIA have a category for unbaptized, catechized seekers?

Everybody into the pool — sorting the baptized candidates in the RCIA

When we have baptized candidates in the RCIA, we run into a lot of complications. Ironically, training unbaptized catechumens who have little or no Christian formation can seem simpler and easier. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are three things we can do to simplify the formation process for baptized candidates. The

Everybody into the pool — sorting the baptized candidates in the RCIA

A year-round, apprenticeship model for RCIA gives me confidence that we are forming disciples

Rosie Rundell has been a Pastoral Associate for Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Manhattan, Kansas, for 21 years. She has been involved with RCIA ministry for over 30 years in four different parishes. She received her undergraduate degree from Benedictine University, Atchison, Kansas; a Masters degree in Pastoral Ministry and a certificate in Spiritual Direction

A year-round, apprenticeship model for RCIA gives me confidence that we are forming disciples

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