Overview

This page contains links to a variety of articles to assist you and your RCIA team. You'll find overview articles related to various aspects of the RCIA process, guidelines for interviewing inquirers, guides for discernment, and explanations of the features in the participant and catechist materials.

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• Welcome
• Acknowledgments
• Doctrinal Session Topics
• Overview of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
• Using the Apprentices in Faith Materials
• The Initial Interview
• Community's Role
• What is Apprenticeship in the Catechumenate?
• What is the Period of Inquiry?
• What is Mystagogy?
• What is the Period of Purification and Enlightenment?
• What is Discernment?
• Discernment for the Rite of Acceptance
• Discernment for the Rite of Election

Young Apprentices

• Understanding the RCIA Process with Children and Youth
• Celebrating the Rites of the RCIA with Children and Youth
• Walking the Journey with Your Child
• A Friend Along the Way: Sponsors and Sponsoring Families in the RCIA
• Sponsors and Sponsor Families for RCIA with Children: A Resource for Coordinators
• Making Connections With the Parish
• Preparing to Celebrate the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil
• Preparation (Session) for the Rite of Acceptance 
• Preparation (Session) for the Rite of Election 
• What IS Mystagogical Reflection? 
• Your Family: The Church of the Home