Tag: Catechumenate
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Baptism: A Credential or a Continuation of the Christian Journey
I’m an ordained American Baptist clergyperson who received her academic training from a pontifical Catholic institution…
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Liturgical Formation in the Body of Christ: a Canadian Experiment
What are your new ways of rekindling the desire for God within Christian communities?
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Greek and Latin Instruction as Complements to Adult Catechesis?
Should catechumenal and adult Catholic catechetical programs include classes in the Greek and Latin languages?
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Journeying with the Elect
In preparation for producing a documentary of the Paschal Triduum 2011, I recently oversaw the production of several half-hour TV programs following the elect on their journey to the baptismal waters at St Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill, NC.
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Houses of Catechumens?
Part of me senses that if we are serious about apprenticing people in the Christian way of life such that it permeates every aspect of their lives this formation must be done in an all encompassing environment of faith from dawn to dusk of every day (such as a family or a seminary) and not…
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Heartfelt Sorrow; Conversion of Life
Is there a place in our parishes for penitential celebrations without the sacrament?
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Election Day
Today, around the world, dioceses are celebrating the Rite of Election, the second “step” of catechumens in their journey toward the Easter sacraments. In this rite, which closes the period of the catechumenate proper, the Church hears testimony as to the catechumens’ readiness, and confirms that they are fit to take part in the next…
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Let us pray for our Catechumens and Elect
Once again it is that great season when catechumens (they’re the “elect” during Lent after the Rite of Election) are preparing for baptism at the Easter Vigil. We stand before great and awesome mysteries. Throughout this Lent, let us pray for those preparing for baptism.
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Gathering the Scattered
There are multiple approaches to the question of what it means to be Catholic, and also to the question of under what circumstances one ceases to be Catholic, and finally, what all of this means vis à vis the strong claims of the Catholic tradition regarding sacramental practice.