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Prepare the elect for Easter Vigil…but don’t rehearse them

Q. At my parish we are planning to have a rehearsal for the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday morning. Our master catechist helps with the catechumenate, and she is suggesting that the elect and candidates not be at the rehearsal. She thinks only the sponsors should be there. She mentioned that this way the sponsors are …

Prepare the elect for Easter Vigil…but don’t rehearse them

Reflection questions for RCIA seekers: Year A – Palm Sunday through the 4th Sunday of Easter

Palm Sunday — Matthew Background: Christian liturgy is not a play reenacting past events but a living celebration of the inner meaning of those events so that it comes alive in us today. As the oldest Palm Sunday hymn says: “To you before your passion they sang their hymns of praise. To you, now high …

Reflection questions for RCIA seekers: Year A – Palm Sunday through the 4th Sunday of Easter

Two extraordinary Easter Vigil moments your neophytes don’t want to miss

There are two moments in the Easter Vigil that aren’t as grand as other elements in this once-a-year liturgy. But these two subtle moments are essential in how your neophytes—and all the baptized—will understand what their baptism means. In this video, Diana looks at these two moments and why you don’t want your neophytes to …

Two extraordinary Easter Vigil moments your neophytes don’t want to miss

Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year A – The 2nd Sunday of Lent through the 5th Sunday of Lent

The 2nd Sunday in Lent Background: We read this week the last of three interconnected episodes in the gospel: Jesus’s baptism, temptation, and now transfiguration. What links them is that they deal with the meaning of his being the beloved Son/Servant. We have seen how he has struggled to understand the meaning of his Sonship; …

Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year A – The 2nd Sunday of Lent through the 5th Sunday of Lent

Q&A: Can a catechumen be baptized and then wait on confirmation and eucharist?

Q.  We have both child and adult catechumens who are asking if they can just be baptized and then continue on with their formation to celebrate confirmation and eucharist when they are ready. Is that possible? A. For both unbaptized adults and children who have reached the age of reason, when they are ready to …

Q&A: Can a catechumen be baptized and then wait on confirmation and eucharist?

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