A sponser is a confirmed, preferably a practicing Catholic, who is supposed to help you learn the faith. The sponsor will pray over you during the rites of acceptence, sending, and election. The sponsor will also pray over you during the scrutinies.BTW, what’s a sponser? I guess she’ll be my sponser anyway.
today was our first day of RCIA the topic was faith. There is really no structure to the classes. Today we just talked about what everyone thought on the readings and what they thought faith to them was. No teaching on what faith means to the catholic church. Someone posed the question if it was ok to disegree with Catholic Church doctrine. The teacher did not give a stand on the issue. She basiclly said it was up to the individual, and they would not be considered a bad Catholic.
two years ago a man in the class said Mary was not an ever virgin. No one knew how to defend the church. I do know but at the time did not. This man left RCIA thinking catholiic teaching was wrong. The week after he left. This guy would be catholic If our teacher knew how to defend the faith. This is just one example of how she dont know how to defend our faith. She knows most of what the Church teaches but does not know how to defend it. So therefore our class shrenks every year.
today the issue came up that not only catholics will be in heaven like Jews, baptist, penticosltal, luteran, etc. but i made the coment that even though they will be in heaven we will all be catholic. That set off the class. A man said no where is Catholic in the bible. And our teacher said “he is a volenteer but I did not know he was going to say that.” If she knew that the Church Jesus founded and that is where he wants us to be then she would not have not said this. And she would have defended me. and if i was given the chance to prove we are the Church then beliveing in what all the Chruch teaches would not be such a problem to teach in RCIA.
any help? what do i do, go to the prest, will he take me serious im only 23. do i write a letter to the bishop?
No, you’ve got it backward. It’s the other groups that took names, in order to distinguish themselves from the Catholic Church. The word “Catholic” means “Universal” and exists to describe the very Church without any distinctions that we will be in heaven and hope to be on earth.But, the CC does not teach this. The Catholic name is needed to distinguish our lot of Christians from other lots of Christians only because we are not in communion with them. If we were, this distinction of us from them would be not be needed.
Which is why everyone will be Catholic.In heaven, these distinctions do not exist - all are in communion with one another.
“Catholic” isn’t a name, it’s a description.So there will be no need for the name.
Thanks ,In my opinion [chopped] …We choose practicing Catholics to be sponsors for our participants. They are expected to do (3) and (4) above , sit at Mass and be in class with their catachumen/candidate,to take part in the rites, and I think more importantly to share their own Faith journey with the catachemens/candidates. They ultimately become God parent to the catchumens at the Easter Vigil. Many of the friendships/relationships persist for years afterwards. I don’t recall that we got this role out of a book, but this is how we do it…
There are many terms in the Catholic fatih that are not stated in the Bible literally, but are revealed to us in the Bible indirectly. For example, other Christian denominations believe in the Trinity, but no where in the Bible do you find the word “Trinity”, but there are many verses in the Bible which prove the doctrine of the Trinity indirectly. The term “Purgatory” is not in the Bible as well, but 2 Maccabees 12:39-46 reveals it indirectly.but i made the coment that even though they will be in heaven we will all be catholic. That set off the class. A man said no where is Catholic in the bible. And our teacher said “he is a volenteer but I did not know he was going to say that.”
That sounds right. At our parish, we are moving towards year-round RCIA. I am in charge of the Inquiry section, (in year-round RCIA, each section is separate, and both Inquiry and Catechesis are available all year round instead of only during certain times of the year) and that’s exactly what the Inquiry section is all about - asking questions, becoming grounded in the basics, and getting comfortable with the process.Hi. I had my first RCIA class last week. At my parish, for the first several weeks, we will be doing basically what the first poster described. We will be reading the Sunday readings, relating them to our own journey (if possible), and basically just talking. The first part of our RCIA is still Inquiry. We don’t get into more of the nuts-and-bolts of Catholicism until after the Rite of Acceptance (I think that is the one) which I believe takes place in November. I don’t have the RCIA calendar with me.
No, you’ve got it backward. It’s the other groups that took names, in order to distinguish themselves from the Catholic Church. The word “Catholic” means “Universal” and exists to describe the very Church without any distinctions that we will be in heaven and hope to be on earth.
Which is why everyone will be Catholic.
“Catholic” isn’t a name, it’s a description.
Jeremy
By the end of the period sponsors and candidate/catachumens have usually bonded to the extent that they become fast friends and relationships often continue on for years. Of course not all of them continue forever, but many do. Our oldest catachumen was 80 plus years old and died not long after becoming a Catholic. Our oldest living sponsor so far is 84 and still going strong. One who was in his late 80’s has passed on but his candidate who was younger is still doing well. I see her at Bible studies and at Mass every so often. We start off with a group of inquires and a group of potential sponsors on day one, after a bit we ask them to pair up with someone they take a liking to. Left over sponsors can stay on to renew their knowledge or stop coming. It seems to work and we try to discourage husband/wife pairing although a Catholic spouse is always welcome to be present in the group as a non-sponsor or sponsor to someone other than their spouse or fiancee.Thanks ,
How do you balance the need to quickly activate a sponsor for the candidate with the life long commitment of a Godparent?
What do you consider the duties/ role of Godparents when the candidate is adult?
congratulations, the best catechists and sponsors we have are those who came through the RCIA process themselves, and these are also the people who add so much energy to our parish activities and ministries. any catechist should be willing to admit what he or she does not know, which is vaster than what he does know, and be continually growing in the faith. Teaching it to others is the best way to do this, so this will be an enriching and grace-filled year for you.Everyone wish me luck as tonight is our first official session. After making the journey last year I volunteered to help out this year! I can’t wait to share my enthusiasm for the faith!
My gosh… terrible…today was our first day of RCIA the topic was faith. There is really no structure to the classes. Today we just talked about what everyone thought on the readings and what they thought faith to them was. No teaching on what faith means to the catholic church. Someone posed the question if it was ok to disegree with Catholic Church doctrine. The teacher did not give a stand on the issue. She basiclly said it was up to the individual, and they would not be considered a bad Catholic.
two years ago a man in the class said Mary was not an ever virgin. No one knew how to defend the church. I do know but at the time did not. This man left RCIA thinking catholiic teaching was wrong. The week after he left. This guy would be catholic If our teacher knew how to defend the faith. This is just one example of how she dont know how to defend our faith. She knows most of what the Church teaches but does not know how to defend it. So therefore our class shrenks every year.
today the issue came up that not only catholics will be in heaven like Jews, baptist, penticosltal, luteran, etc. but i made the coment that even though they will be in heaven we will all be catholic. That set off the class. A man said no where is Catholic in the bible. And our teacher said “he is a volenteer but I did not know he was going to say that.” If she knew that the Church Jesus founded and that is where he wants us to be then she would not have not said this. And she would have defended me. and if i was given the chance to prove we are the Church then beliveing in what all the Chruch teaches would not be such a problem to teach in RCIA.
any help? what do i do, go to the prest, will he take me serious im only 23. do i write a letter to the bishop?