Rite of Acceptance

From seekers to disciples: Unpacking the conversion journey within the Rite of Acceptance

Embarking on a journey of faith and seeking a deeper relationship with Christ is a profound and life-changing experience. The Rite of Acceptance plays a vital role in this conversion process. When we celebrate this rite with inquirers, they are changed from outsiders to insiders as the community embraces them as their own. But this …

From seekers to disciples: Unpacking the conversion journey within the Rite of Acceptance

Music for the Rite of Acceptance

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

Is the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens mandatory?

The short answer is yes. Perhaps because we are just now emerging from our COVID stay-at-home isolation, parish teams seem to be asking about the rites of initiation and if all of them are mandatory. Some seekers may have a pressing need to forgo the normal sacramental process and be baptized without delay. This pastoral …

Is the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens mandatory?

The Rite of Acceptance — the beginning of a paschal journey for the RCIA seekers

Earlier in this series on the rites of the catechumenate process, we discussed liminality. To live in a liminal state is the live betwixt and between, neither here nor there. The Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens is the first and clearest rite that puts seekers into a liminal life. There are two …

The Rite of Acceptance — the beginning of a paschal journey for the RCIA seekers

Q&A: How do RCIA teams plan for the signing of the senses in the Rite of Acceptance during the pandemic?

Q: During the pandemic, how should we handle the signing the senses in the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens? Is it permissible to sign without touching the person? In other words, to make the sign of the cross in front of the eyes, the mouth, etc. rather than actually on them? A: …

Q&A: How do RCIA teams plan for the signing of the senses in the Rite of Acceptance during the pandemic?

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