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Feeling overwhelmed as a catechumenate leader? Empower the assembly as your team

I know exactly how you feel. I’ve been there too—discouraged, overwhelmed, burnt out. You pour your heart into this ministry, work countless extra hours trying to get everything done, and still feel like you’re drowning. The responsibilities seem endless, new challenges arise daily, and despite your best efforts, things still slip through the cracks. You […]

Feeling overwhelmed as a catechumenate leader? Empower the assembly as your team

What to do if you are a catechumenate “team of one”

Team, Year-Round / Nick Wagner

Sometimes we can feel overwhelmed by all there is to do in initiation ministry. At times, I’ve been the only person on the catechumenate “team.” Even parishes blessed with larger teams can feel like there is always more to do than people to help. How in the world are we going to manage it all?

What to do if you are a catechumenate “team of one”

Three principles for adapting the rites of the catechumenate

Liturgy / Nick Wagner

We’ve all seen images of sailboats racing through the water, tipped way over to one side, looking like they are about to capsize. I don’t know how the sailors keep their boats afloat like that. To me, it looks like magic. But I do know how to tip liturgies into the wind. Just as a

Three principles for adapting the rites of the catechumenate

Music for the Rite of Acceptance

Rite of Acceptance / Diana Macalintal

Even if you’re not the music coordinator or liturgist for your community, you can still engage your parish community in this significant and important first ritual for your seekers on their journey of faith. The role of the assembly is what will bring this ritual alive! Free download: The parish is the RCIA catechetical plan

Music for the Rite of Acceptance

Q&A: How do we help our candidates develop a relationship with Jesus?

Candidates, Q&A / Diana Macalintal

Q. We have three adults in our formation process. One is from the Baptist tradition and the other two are active Catholic members of our parish who need only confirmation. Because they are all baptized, I understand they do not need the formal catechumenate process nor do they have to wait until the Easter Vigil.

Q&A: How do we help our candidates develop a relationship with Jesus?

What is a catechumenal culture?

Catechesis, Evangelization / Nick Wagner

There is a story about an old fish that swims near a couple of teenage fish. As he passes by, he says, “Hey guys, how’s the water?” And then, as the older fish swims away, one of the young fish says to the other, “What’s water?” Trying to describe water to a fish is a

What is a catechumenal culture?

A catechumenal culture is created by four modes of missionary discipleship

Evangelization / Nick Wagner

As we prepare for the new translation of the initiation rites, every parish is going to be challenged with developing a catechumenal culture. We have already looked at why that is important and what the church means by a catechumenal culture. In this article, we’ll look at how a catechumenal culture is created in a

A catechumenal culture is created by four modes of missionary discipleship

Is your parish ready for the new translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults?

Catechumens, Team / Diana Macalintal

When the current translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults was promulgated in 1988, we might not have been as prepared as we need to be. Because we weren’t quite ready, many misinterpretations and misapplications of the rite began to flourish. The biggest difficulty is that the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Is your parish ready for the new translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults?

Be sure your sponsors have what it takes

Sponsors, Team / Nick Wagner

A couple of weeks ago, we hosted an online Community Chat on the topic of sponsors in the catechumenate process. We had a terrific conversation and covered a lot of ground. Several questions kept coming up that seemed to me to be the same question being asked in different ways. I want to write about

Be sure your sponsors have what it takes

Should we provide ritual scripts for RCIA seekers?

RCIA, Rite of Acceptance / Nick Wagner

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 out a script for the seekers so they

Should we provide ritual scripts for RCIA seekers?

Feeling overwhelmed as a catechumenate leader? Empower the assembly as your team

What to do if you are a catechumenate “team of one”

Three principles for adapting the rites of the catechumenate

Music for the Rite of Acceptance

Q&A: How do we help our candidates develop a relationship with Jesus?

What is a catechumenal culture?

A catechumenal culture is created by four modes of missionary discipleship

Is your parish ready for the new translation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults?

Be sure your sponsors have what it takes

Should we provide ritual scripts for RCIA seekers?

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