Tag: RCIA
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Working in the Vineyard: Team Initiation
EDITOR — Our ministry has evolved significantly, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Podcasts: ACU’s Speaking of Liturgy
EDITOR — Rita Ferrone outlines the significance of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (the RCIA), and how it has a ripple effect that goes beyond the catechumens in the parish.
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Brief Book Review: A History of Christian Conversion
“A presentation of conversion as a key expressive element in the way Christianity itself was perceived and communicated at any one time, place, and culture.”
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Brief Book Review: Death by Baptism
Honeycutt confronts head-on truncated understandings of baptism as “fire insurance” against eternity in hell or as supernatural guarantee against misfortune.
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Brief Book Review: Turn to the Lord
“DeLorenzo asks us to take sacramental preparation out of the classroom and into more intimate and personal faith formation groups.”
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The Rite of Sending: “You like me! Right now, you like ME!”
Since the 92nd Academy Awards just aired, I have been drawn to reminisce over the 57th Academy Awards — decades ago in 1985! At this Awards ceremony the actress Sally Field gushed the now famous exclamation, “You like me! Right now, you like me!,” as she clutched the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of…
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Samaritan Sacramentality: 3rd Lenten Sunday, 1st Scrutiny
How to preach in the contemporary Roman Catholic context the complex story of a multiply divorced and remarried woman? How proclaim a word enabling two young men to be a sign of conversion for us all?
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The Scrutinies: Embodying the Serious Business of Belief
In the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, the prayers of the scrutiny rites attest to the resolve of the Elect to remain faithful, even in the midst of confusion, doubt, or rejection, reflecting the serious nature of faith.
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How many hands does it take…?
This year’s Easter Vigil was a real logistical ordeal for presiders.