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RCIA - RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS

RCIA - RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS. Fr Chris Ponnet, pastor St. Camillus Center for Spiritual Care. VATICAN RITE INTRO 1.

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RCIA - RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS

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  1. RCIA - RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATIONFOR ADULTS Fr Chris Ponnet, pastor St. Camillus Center for Spiritual Care

  2. VATICAN RITE INTRO 1 1 The rite of Christian initiation presented here is designed for adults who, after hearing the mystery of Christ proclaimed, consciously and freely seek the living God and enter the way of faith and conversion as the Holy Spirit opens their hearts. By God’s help they will be strengthened spiritually during their preparation and at the proper time will receive the sacraments fruitfully. [1] 2 This rite includes not simply the celebration of the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist, but also all the rites belonging to the catechumenate. Endorsed by the ancient practice of the Church, a catechumenate that would be suited to contemporary missionary activity in all regions was so widely requested that the Second Vatican Council decreed its restoration, revision, and adaptation to local traditions.1 [2]

  3. VATICAN RITE 2 3 So that the rite of initiation will be more useful for the work of the Church and for individual parochial, and missionary circumstances, the rite is first presented in Part I of this book in its complete and usual form (nos. 36-241). This is designed for the preparation of a group of candidates, but by simple adaptation parish priests (pastors) can devise a form suited to one person. Part II provides rites for special circumstances: the Christian initiation of children

  4. COMPONENTS FOR RCIA • Vatican II said that RCIA should be the proper way of initiating adults. • The 3 lynchpins of the RCIA are: • Liturgical- teaching through prayer and worship • Catechetical - the systematic and organic delivery of the Deposit of faith • Pastoral- a people to person endeavor, accomplished through relationships • Each of these elements needs to be present, for RCIA to flourish in a parish.

  5. VATICAN II • Five documents of the Council address the issue: the Constitution on Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium), the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), the Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops (ChristusDominus), the Decree on Ministry of Priests (Presbyterorum Ordinis), and the Decree on Mission Activity of the Church (Ad Gentes).

  6. CATECHISM • PART TWOTHE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY • SECTION TWOTHE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH • CHAPTER ONETHE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION • 1212 The sacraments of Christian initiation - Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist - lay the foundations of every Christian life. "The sharing in the divine nature given to men through the grace of Christ bears a certain likeness to the origin, development, and nourishing of natural life. The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life. By means of these sacraments of Christian initiation, they thus receive in increasing measure the treasures of the divine life and advance toward the perfection of charity."

  7. SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION

  8. RITUAL AND SYMBOL

  9. PERSONAL AND COMMUNIAL

  10. PROCESS STAGES • Inquiry: the initial period before you decide to enter the Catholic Church. You're asking questions and checking it out, but aren't yet ready to commit. • Catechumenate: those who decide to enter the Church and are being trained for a life in Christ are called catechumens, an ancient name from the early Church. In this stage, you're developing your faith and are being "catechized" — learning catechism, or the basic points about Catholic faith and life. • Purification and preparation: The Church will help you focus and intensify your faith as you prepare you to commit your life to Christ and be received into the Church at Easter. If you're following the RCIA process, you'll go through a beautiful series of Gospel-based meditations during Lent, which is the time frame of this period. • Initiation itself, the culmination of the whole process! You're received into the Church during the Easter Vigil Mass, where you'll receive the sacraments of initiation: baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist. (If you've already been baptized, you won't be baptized again.) • Mystagogy: after reception into the Church at Easter, this period lets you reflect and learn more about the mysteries of the Mass and the Sacraments that you now participate in fully.

  11. SPONSOR

  12. Mystagogy • Living • Learning • Serving • Liturgy • Community • God’s Kingdom

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