A COURSE IN THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS.
The scope of this website is for sharing all the information on the series of topics that I have accumulated and set up for my own use as co-ordinator for an RCIA course at a Catholic church for twelve years. Also included are the opening and closing prayers mainly gleaned from an Irish Jesuit site contained in their online retreat in everyday life. Information about each particular topic, handouts of notes pertaining to the same and also some ancillary pictures in jpg form are also presented here.
Please have a look at the setup below which is the general sequence of points in each session. Knowledge is elicited from the candidates through questions, bearing in mind that sometimes one is met with a blank look from some. This is done instead of just lecturing about each topic and to get the candidates to interact.
Each year I always tried to juggle around the sessions before Christmas to match with important feasts or Gospel readings. Example: The session about Mary was always conducted around the 8th December.
This is not an RCIA course through 3 years or in the form of dismissal of catechumens but does prepare the candidates for the next Sunday’s Gospel during each weekly session starting from September to a few weeks of Mystagogy after Easter.
Insistence on punctuality and regular attendance for those who want to receive the Sacraments on Easter Vigil are needed. If an emergency keeps someone away, one has to do one's best to provide make up sessions.
No copyright is held for anything contained in this website. Please feel free to choose, adapt and use anything or all therein for your RCIA course or any catechetical purpose.
John Scerri