The Good News of Christmas
Blessed Christmas to you from all of us here at TeamRCIA! May Jesus, the Word Become Flesh, dwell in you that all may know our good and gracious God.
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Our Epiphany gifts to you for 2019!
Happy New Year and a blessed Epiphany to all of you! We hope you enjoy a couple of gifts from us here: A simple liturgy to bless your home and chalk your door on Epiphany and a fun video below on how to make Epiphany stars.
Why is the norm of adult initiation so important?
For the first five centuries that the church existed, the norm for initiation was baptism of adults. Infants were probably also baptized, but the New Testament never explicitly mentions that they were. By the second century, there is more firm evidence of the baptism of infants and children, but it is not the norm. Some …
Merry Christmas from TeamRCIA!
Here’s a little gift for you from Nick and Diana (and Augustine, the Dog) If the video stops and starts: Click the white triangle at the bottom left of the video box, then pause the video by clicking the two white parallel bars that appear where the white triangle had been. The video …
TeamRCIA planning days
Diana Macalintal and I recently spent a couple days away to do extensive planning for TeamRCIA for the coming year. Before we left, we had a conference call with the other two team members that make up TeamRCIA—Rita Ferrone and Rita Burns Senseman. Free download: A step-by-step guide to mystagogy Regional RCIA training institutes On …
TeamRCIA Meets with Diocesan Directors
TeamRCIA hosted a meeting online with diocesan directors yesterday to talk about the formation needs of those who minister in Christian Initiation. We discussed how best to meet those needs now that the North American Forum on the Catechumenate, the premier organization for RCIA institutes for more than 30 years, is closing its doors on …
The “dissolution” of the North American Forum on the Catechumenate
When I was 19, I was still living in my home town, St. Louis, Missouri. My pastor sent me to a diocesan meeting to learn about a new program called “RCIA” that would soon be starting in all the parishes. I didn’t know anything about the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults at that time. …
The “dissolution” of the North American Forum on the Catechumenate
How to Make Epiphany Stars: Our 2012 Christmas Video Greeting
If the video stops and starts: Click the white triangle at the bottom left of the video box, then pause the video by clicking the two white parallel bars that appear where the white triangle had been. The video will pause, but it will continue to download. You can see the progress of …
How to Make Epiphany Stars: Our 2012 Christmas Video Greeting
Survey: Does your RCIA go year-round?
TeamRCIA will host a webinar on moving to a year-round catechumenate on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 11 a.m. Pacific time. Please take a moment to respond to these questions because your input will help shape the discussion during the webinar. Loading…
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