The Catechumenal Process
This five-panel chart
provides easy access to the periods, rites, persons, and other key aspects of
the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). One side delineates each of
the periods and rites of the RCIA. The other side outlines the various paths through
the catechumenal process taken by particular categories of adults who are
unbaptized & uncatechised, who are baptized & uncatechised, and who are
baptized & catechized. This chart is perfect as an instructional and
pastoral aid for initiation ministries.
Identified within the
process:
- Ministries and offices of the initiation
process
- Pastoral, catechetical, and liturgical aspects
of the process
- Elements of the liturgical rites
- References to the numbered paragraphs of the
RCIA
Identified for catechumens
and categories of candidates:
- Name appropriate to the period
- Type and length of appropriate formation
- Liturgical celebrations
- References to the numbered paragraphs of the
RCIA
Text directly quotes the
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) and the National Statutes for the
Catechumenate approved by the United States Catholic Bishops. Referenced
paragraph numbers facilitate your study.
