Category: Initiation / RCIA
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The Least We Can Do
Commentary on the REVISED Vatican guidelines for Holy Week, plus some clarifications and commentary on the present challenges of the RCIA
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Diocesan Policies Regarding Coronavirus
I invite diocesan directors of worship to share here the policies in place in their dioceses.
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Initiating Christians during Time of Health Crisis: Some Question
If there are no church services until after Holy Week, how will we celebration church initiation?
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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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Explainer: What Is Happening with the RCIA?
A step by step description of the process of bringing about a new translation and edition of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults for the USA.
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U.S. Bishops Prepare to Vote on New Translation of the RCIA
With respect to the Christian Initiation of Adults, we are seeing an approach to translation of liturgical texts that is strikingly different from the path taken in the translation of the Missal.
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The “Restored Order” for Initiation: Is it a “Progressive” or a “Traditionalist” victory?
I had the pleasure of visiting with a former student recently, who has worked within the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois after her graduation. As she and I tend to talk about things Church-related, she reported that her Diocese had just switched the “Restored Order,” and that she wondered how this would affect programming for the…
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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.