Sacred Heart Parish –
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
2010 – 2011 - Schedule
All events are at Sacred Heart Church – Lawler Center – Sacred Heart Hall
Mondays - 7:00pm to 8:30pm – unless otherwise indicated
Date
Event
Event- Aug. 30 Welcome & Explanation of the RCIA Process
- Sept. 6 Labor Day – No Session
- Sept. 13Chapter 1 & 2
- Sept. 20Parish Eucharistic Devotions – 7:00pm – Church (also on Sept19 &21)
- Sept. 27Chapter 3 & 4
- Oct. 4 Chapter 5 & 6
- Oct. 11 Chapter 7 & 8
- TBA Retreat – Diocesan Center - Harrisburg
- Oct. 18 Chapter 9 & 10
- Oct 25 Chapter 11 & 13
- Nov. 1 Tour of the Church
- Nov. 8 Chapter 14
- Nov. 14 Rite of Acceptance and Welcome – Church – 12:00pm
Beginning this Sunday and until April 10,
Candidates and Catechumens are dismissed from the 12:00 noon Mass
for further reflection on the Word of God.
Before the dismissal on March 20, 27, April 3, 10
special prayers are prayed for the Candidates and Catechumens.
- Nov. 15Chapter 15 & 16
- Nov. 22Chapter 17
- Nov. 29Mass Practicum
- Dec. 6 Chapter 18 & 19
- Dec. 13 Chapter 12 & 22
- Dec. 20Chapter 20 & 21
- Dec. 27Christmas Break – No Session
- Jan. 3 Christmas Break – No Session
- Jan 10 Introduction to Morality
- Jan 17 Chapter 23
- Jan 24 Chapter 24
- Jan 31 Chapter 25 & 26
- Feb. 7 Chapter 27 & 28
- Feb. 14Chapter 29
- Feb. 21Chapter 30
- Feb. 28Chapter 31 & 32
- Mar. 7 Pre Lent Break - No Session
- Mar. 8 Parish Appreciation Dinner - 6:00pm – La Primavera Restaurant
- March 9Ash Wednesday – 7:00pm - Church
- Mar. 12 Rite of Sending – 5:00pm - Church
- Mar 13 Rite of Election/Continuing Conversion – Cathedral - TBA
- Mar. 14 Chapter 33 & 34
- Mar. 21 Chapter 35 & 36
- Mar 28 Stump the Pastor
- TBA Retreat – Diocesan Center - Harrisburg
- April 4 Confession Practicum
- April 11 Inclement Weather Make Up Day
Deanery Penance Services (7:00pm - April 11 through 15)
- April 18 Holy Week - No Session
- April 19Easter Vigil Practice – 7:00pm Church
- April 21Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 7:00pm - Church
- April 22Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion – 1:30pm Church
- April 23The Easter Vigil – 8:00Pm – Church (arrive at 7:15pm)
- April 25Easter Break – No Session
- May 2Easter Vigil Reflections
- Involvement in the Life of the Parish & Closing Social
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
R C I A
Mary Ann was a beautiful and enthusiastic young woman of twenty-four, who had just one year before she married George, a life-long Catholic. Never a member of any church, she had received no formal religious training. Yet her family had always prayed together, and she deeply believed in God. She yearned to share her faith with others, and especially with her husband George. Her longing led Mary Ann to the local Catholic parish where she asked to be baptized and confirmed, and to be welcomed to the Eucharistic table.
Rick had just graduated from a Midwestern college and moved to a new city in the East to begin his first job. As an infant, Rick was baptized in his father’s Catholic faith. Rick’s parents were divorced, when he was very young. He lived with his mother until he left for college. Because his mother was not active in any church, Rick was never catechized in the faith, and never received any of the other sacraments. As he began a new life in a new city, he was eager to find some guidance for his life and to enjoy the support of a community of Christians who shared his values.
Patricia, a twenty-nine year old single woman, grew up in a strongly Lutheran family. She was baptized as an infant, attended Sunday school, and received confirmation and communion in her parents’ Lutheran church. However, during her college years she began to drift away from God and from the Church. Although she had very little interest in religion as a college student, many of her friends were Catholics, and occasionally she attended Sunday Mass with them.
After eight years as a social worker, she began to feel the need to be part of a Church community where she could once again nurture, celebrate and share her faith in God.
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) provides a process for people like Mary Ann, Rick and Patricia, people who are searching, people who wish, consciously and freely, to seek the living God in the person and messages of Jesus as lived out in the Catholic Church.
The reasons why people are initially attracted to the Catholic Church are as varied as the inquirers themselves, and yet all those who enter the RCIA process share a desire to come to a living Faith in God as members of the Catholic Community.
The initiation of adults is a gradual process that takes place within the community of the faithful. In fact there are four periods in the initiation process, each of which corresponds to a person’s growth in the faith and entry into life of the Catholic Community.
The Journey.....
Evangelization and Precatechumenate:
The purpose of this period is to guide inquirers into an initial
conversion or deeper conversion to Christ, through information
sessions and fellowship.
Catechumenate: The purpose of this period is to deepen
conversion by embracing the community's way of life, by participation
in the Sunday Liturgy of the Word and by catechesis (teaching and
sharing the faith).
Purification and Enlightenment: This is immediate and
intensive preparation for the celebration of the sacraments of initiation
(Baptism and / or Confirmation and Eucharist). This period coincides
with the season of Lent, whereby the participants join the whole
community in focusing on the transformation of the whole person
to the way of Christ, a life based on the Gospel.
Mystagogy: After the celebration of the sacraments of initiation
at Easter the newly initiated savor the experience of these sacraments and reflect on their lives and enter into the works of the Gospel through the ministries of the parish community.
The Catholic Communities of Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint George Mission wish to offer you this special invitation to walk with us on a journey of inquiry and exploration of the Catholic Faith. If you would like someone from our RCIA team to contact you or would simply like additional information, please complete the short form below and click on submit. You may print the form and mail to the church or drop in a collection basket at any of the masses. Additionally, you are invited to e-mail Fr. Bill at wmr12846@msn.com
A journey with a friend is much better than one who walks alone.
RCIA SCHEDULE
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Welcome & Explanation of the RCIA Process
