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Director:
Ann Lankford

Secretary:
Susan Skemp

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• Precatechumenate

• Catechumenate

• Purification and Enlightenment

• Mystagogy and Neophyte

• Precatechumenate -- What is It?

• Do you know your rites?

Each period is divided into three aspects:

CATECHETICAL
Catechetical aspect of Precatechumenate

RCIA Schedule               Weekly Teachings

Catechetical Metholodogy

LITURGICAL
Liturgical Aspect of the Precatechumenate

• Liturgy: Communion with God

• Why celebrate the Rites of Acceptance/Welcoming

• Do You Know Your Rites?

Liturgical Rites
Rite of Acceptance
Rite of Welcoming
Combined Rites of Acceptance and Welcoming

• Breaking Open the Word

PASTORAL
Pastoral Aspect of the Precatechumenate

• Team Training

• Team Members

• First Team Meeting

• RCIA Parish Talk

• Second Team Meeting

• RCIA Session: Time Schedule

• Interview before process

Interview before process