Category: Initiation / RCIA
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Working in the Vineyard: TeamRCIA
TeamRCIA nurtures and supports catechumenate ministers to be the listening church.
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Brief Book Review: Unfolding the Mystery of Christ
Anne Koester reviews Eliot Kapitan, Unfolding the Mystery of Christ.
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Godparents Abolished Part II
Last year I published a post on PrayTell telling how Bishop Michele Fusco of the central-Italian Diocese of Sulmona-Valva, Italy, had abolished godparents in his diocese for a three year ad experimentum period. This weekend the New York Times reports that another Italian Diocese, that of Catania in Sicily, is starting a similar three year…
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The Confirmation Conversation, continued
If the confirmation debate is over, it’s probably only over for now. Paul Turner responds to Tim Gabrielli.
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The End of the Confirmation Debate?
Tweaking the age of Confirmation is not going to solve our issues around disaffiliation.
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Baptism Brouhaha
A deacon, a defective baptismal formula, and a decree. I have some questions.
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Godparent preparation and liturgical catechesis
We need better models of godparent preparation. Insights from the RCIA can help.
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Godparents Abolished
Bishop Michele Fusco of Diocese of Sulmona-Valva, Italy, has recently published a decree where he abolishes Godparents in Baptism and Confirmation for a three year ad experimentum period (this article translates most of the decree into English). The short decree starts from the premise that in many case the godparents are chosen in a manner…
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Sacraments After the Pandemic…Business as Usual?
Endgame, the 22nd installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, focuses on the mission of the superhero team, The Avengers, to reset time after the catastrophic elimination of half of the world’s population. (You can look up the reasons why this happened on Wikipedia). They succeed in doing so albeit with the loss of Iron Man.…