The Archdiocese of New York offers leadership ministry training to all assigned parish coordinators of the Catechumenate (RCIA). This training provides a comprehensive review of the 1988 Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, covering the basic vision of the Catechumenate, its history, its order and the current best pastoral practices for its implementation. The Catechumenate ministry is critical to parish life and it is important that those assigned to lead this initiation process have a good understanding of the Catechumenate including the best methods for its full implementation in a Catholic parish.
The following are the leadership ministry training opportunities offered to all parish Catechumenate (RCIA) Coordinators in the Archdiocese of New York:
# 1 – Leadership Institute for the Catechumenate (RCIA)
The Leadership Institute for the Catechumenate is a two-day training that reviews the liturgical and canonical statutes of the Catechumenate (RCIA). It offers a comprehensive review of the Pre-Catechumenate, the period of the Catechumenate proper, the period of Purification & Enlightenment, and the period of Mystagogy. This Institute offers guidance on a variety of pastoral issues for the proper care of inquirers, catechumens, candidates, elect, neophytes and the newly confirmed.
The next Leadership Institute for the Catechumenate (RCIA)
July 27-28, 2024 | St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, Manhattan
# 2 – Workshop on Valid Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, Annulments & Convalidations
This workshop reviews the criteria for valid baptisms and confirmations. It also examines the rules concerning the marriage of catechumens, divorced and remarried persons, types of annulment cases, and convalidation of marriages. Direction is given for the proper pastoral care of those in the RCIA who have marriage issues.
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