First RCIA class tonight.

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Question for RCIA Instructors/Leads:

In your Parish’s RCIA program, do you cover Catholic moral teachings on contraception, abortion, divorce/remarriage, etc?

If yes, at what point in the process would you cover it? I explored these topics in depth prior to deciding to inquire but I could understand a decision to cover the basics first before getting to some of the more contraversial teachings of the Church. These do seem to be major barriers to conversion in discussions with my Protestant friends.

We didn’t used to extensively cover contraception. It was mentioned only if it came up, or in passing in the class on the sacraments of marriage and Holy Orders. Now we have a class that will cover it right before Holy Week, along with life issues, etc.

Divorce has always been covered briefly with marriage, but typically no one asks questions about it in that class, probably because that issue has been covered in private with anyone who needs a marriage investigated.

I know sometimes class members just stay silent about points where they don’t agree.