Children

Q&A: How do RCIA teams discern the readiness of children for becoming catechumens?

Q: How do we “see” the signs of readiness with children and youth for celebrating the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens? A. This is a great question. Thinking through the process of discernment for children and youth really challenges us to understand why discernment is important in the first place. In the …

Q&A: How do RCIA teams discern the readiness of children for becoming catechumens?

Can we delay confirmation of child catechumens in the RCIA?

We have to wonder why this is even a question. The teaching of the church is crystal clear: In order to signify clearly the interrelation or coalescence of the three sacraments, which are required for full Christian initiation (canon 842.2), adult candidates, including children of catechetical age, are to receive baptism, confirmation and eucharist in …

Can we delay confirmation of child catechumens in the RCIA?

Altoona-Johnstown doing serious work on baptismal catechumenate as model for Confirmation

The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in beautiful western Pennsylvania has been doing some serious work on making the baptismal catechumenate the model of formation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. I had the pleasure of joining folks in the diocese for a recent workshop where we explored how the baptismal catechumenate model is the basis for their …

Altoona-Johnstown doing serious work on baptismal catechumenate as model for Confirmation

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