The Forum Essays series is a cooperative effort of The North American Forum on the Catechumenate and Liturgy Training Publications. The purpose of the series is to provide a forum for exploring issues emerging from the implementation of the order of Christian initiation. They are a great resource for anyone involved in initiation ministry, and especially for pastors and RCIA directors.
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Paprocki, Joe, and D. Todd Williamson. Great Is the Mystery: The Formational Power of Liturgy. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2012. Catechesis and liturgy are connected in this book that walks readers through the foundational ...
The original edition of this book presented a theology of sacraments that emerged out of a Church stirred into new life by the Second Vatican Council.
"This book is intended to give those who will preach or preside at the rites some new perspectives on how words help engender an experience of worship.
The Challenge of Christian Initiation Regis A. Duffy. did the Thessalonians, to “comfort and upbuild one another, as indeed you are doing. . . . Do not stifle the Spirit” (1 Thess. 5:11, 19).” The RCIA is an accurate test, then, ...
Journeybread for the Shadowlands offers those who prepare people for Baptism a source - book for meditation on the relationship between the liturgical readings and ritual actions of the rites , and the faith - experience of the converts ...
ELECTION AS BISHOP The details of Ambrose's election as bishop of Milan are well known and have been widely discussed.55 When Ambrose came to Milan , the church there was governed by Auxentius . “ A Cappadocian by birth and an Arian by ...
Preaching as Spiritual Leadership provides solutions to the following questions: How is preaching embedded in the Church’s pastoral mission? What does it mean to be a shepherd and spiritual leader for others?
Baumbach , Gerard F. Experiencing Mystagogy : the Sacred Pause of Easter . New York : Paulist , 1995 . Bernstein , John A. “ Christian Affections and the Catechumenate . ” Worship 52 : 3 ( 1978 ) : 194 – 210 . The Catechumenal Process .
139 126 The sacraments of initiation are celebrated during the Easter solemnities , and preparation for these sacraments is part of the distinctive character of Lent . Accordingly , the rite of election should normally take place on the ...