This raises a host of issues, but I can see why Bishop Solis is concerned about providing adequate catechesis. I’ve been searching, and there seems to be a real lack of materials designed for children or teens preparing for baptism.
After the age of reason, all three sacraments should be celebrated together, following the four stages of t…
This raises a host of issues, but I can see why Bishop Solis is concerned about providing adequate catechesis. I’ve been searching, and there seems to be a real lack of materials designed for children or teens preparing for baptism.
After the age of reason, all three sacraments should be celebrated together, following the four stages of the OCIA. Canon law stipulates this because it fits the nature of the sacraments.
OCIA is meant to take more than one year. (From what our Diocese says, the catechumenal stage alone should be at least from one Easter to the next.) The celebration of all three sacraments at one Mass (which most clearly illuminates the nature of the sacraments) isn’t the problem. The problem is trying to cram the preparation into an Autumn-Easter schedule, with inadequate materials.
I think this is correct. The Diocese of Salt Lake City typically does RCIA in one year, and I think changing that window might do a lot to accomplish the bishop's aims.
Yes. My mother is currently in RCIA (which she shouldn't have to be, because she's already baptized in a protestant denom, but it's very common practice to combine formation for protestants and the nonbaptized) and even she feels that she's not going to be ready by Easter Vigil. How much more so for non baptized people? They only meet twice a month, it is like drinking from a firehose even though she has me to help.
This raises a host of issues, but I can see why Bishop Solis is concerned about providing adequate catechesis. I’ve been searching, and there seems to be a real lack of materials designed for children or teens preparing for baptism.
After the age of reason, all three sacraments should be celebrated together, following the four stages of the OCIA. Canon law stipulates this because it fits the nature of the sacraments.
OCIA is meant to take more than one year. (From what our Diocese says, the catechumenal stage alone should be at least from one Easter to the next.) The celebration of all three sacraments at one Mass (which most clearly illuminates the nature of the sacraments) isn’t the problem. The problem is trying to cram the preparation into an Autumn-Easter schedule, with inadequate materials.
I think this is correct. The Diocese of Salt Lake City typically does RCIA in one year, and I think changing that window might do a lot to accomplish the bishop's aims.
Yes. My mother is currently in RCIA (which she shouldn't have to be, because she's already baptized in a protestant denom, but it's very common practice to combine formation for protestants and the nonbaptized) and even she feels that she's not going to be ready by Easter Vigil. How much more so for non baptized people? They only meet twice a month, it is like drinking from a firehose even though she has me to help.