Rite of Election

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Br.Rich_SFO said:
There is no book for Candidates, It’s a local innovation to make sure no one feels left out.
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I’m a candidate for full communion and i signed the book this weekend…but the Archbishop Cardinal was presiding, so we did what he told us 🤷
 
revelations said:
I’m a candidate for full communion and i signed the book this weekend…but the Archbishop Cardinal was presiding, so we did what he told us 🤷
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Well he is your sheppard. I am impressed to no end an Archbishop Cardinal would spend time with you. As I read the names I only hoped our Bishop actually saw our people. We were in a very crowded cathedral
 
Texas_Roofer said:
Well he is your sheppard. I am impressed to no end an Archbishop Cardinal would spend time with you. As I read the names I only hoped our Bishop actually saw our people. We were in a very crowded cathedral
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Do they not go forward and greet him as their names are called out?
 
jmcrae said:
Do they not go forward and greet him as their names are called out?
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Not here, my mother says this is getting tacky. Last year the ill Bishop was not present and Candidates were not summoned to the cathedral but a large parish. A monsignor greeted the candidates. To be fair there are hundred each year usually a minimum of 4 ceremonies (2 Rite of Sending 2 Rite of Election) and there may be more ceremonies.
 
Texas_Roofer said:
Not here, my mother says this is getting tacky.
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:confused: Why it is tacky? I thought it was really nice, when it was my turn.
Last year the ill Bishop was not present and Candidates were not summoned to the cathedral but a large parish. A monsignor greeted the candidates. To be fair there are hundred each year usually a minimum of 4 ceremonies (2 Rite of Sending 2 Rite of Election) and there may be more ceremonies.
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There must be more than a hundred; we have nearly a thousand, and we fit them in to two ceremonies. Each ceremony takes about two hours or so, all told.
 
Our Bishop greeted every single Catechumen and Candidate by name and shook everyone’s hand on Sunday during the ceremony. There were two “combined” ceremonies that day, and I’m sure the Bishop did the same thing in the other one as he did in ours. (I believe there were well over a thousand people who shook the Bishop’s hand that day, and I’m very thankful he took the time to be with us.)
 
There were 3 different ceremonies thru town today. We had over 700 at a very large parish. Only Catechumens wearing a name tag walked up and shook the Auxiliary Bishop’s hand and stood up front and the Candidates stood in place as their names were called.
I found it a little excited.
My husband (and sponsor) suddenly got really giddy over the whole event while we were sitting there waiting for them to call my name.
 
kettle said:
Our Bishop greeted every single Catechumen and Candidate by name and shook everyone’s hand on Sunday during the ceremony.
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Ours did too. It was such a special day. I’m the godmother for two children who are coming into the Church along with their mom this Easter (dad’s already Catholic). I found the whole thing very moving. It was made even more so by the fact that our bishop is retiring as of March 31, so this is his last year as our bishop.

We have 4 ceremonies throughout our diocese, 2 on each side.
 
We all had signed the book ahead of time, catechumens first and then candidates. At the ceremony we sat in pews designated for each participating parish and our names were called. We all stood, first the candidates, then the catechumens. We received a welcome and a blessing from the archbishop and then we shook his hand as we left. It was exciting.
 
I had my Call to Continuing Conversion on 2/9. My question is what happens to that book that my name went in? Is it just a symbol or does it belong to my parish? Is it a record for the pastor of everyone who went through RCIA??
 
cbrownell said:
I had my Call to Continuing Conversion on 2/9. My question is what happens to that book that my name went in? Is it just a symbol or does it belong to my parish? Is it a record for the pastor of everyone who went through RCIA??
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It is kept as a permanent record. When your great great grandchildren come to seek out the story of your life, they will open that book and see the date that you were brought into the Catholic Church. 🙂

It’s also used to verify where your funeral should be held, when you die.
 
We didn’t sign a book (EDIT: Looks like that’s probably just for cathecumens?) or shake hands with the cardinal. Maybe it’s because the group was so large. 🤷 (over 1,000 including sponsers) I think, instead, the RCIA directors gave them a list of names, which is what they read from for the catechumens, and said how many RCIA candidates there were from each parish.
 
cbrownell said:
I had my Call to Continuing Conversion on 2/9. My question is what happens to that book that my name went in? Is it just a symbol or does it belong to my parish? Is it a record for the pastor of everyone who went through RCIA??
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yes the permanent register is required to be kept in each parish. Only the Elect sign the book as the baptized are already among the elect of the Lord, and their baptism is already recorded. When a non-Catholic Christian is received into full communion with the Church, the permanent sacramental register of the parish will not the details of his baptism, along with the fact of his confirmation, profession of faith, and first communion, and other pertinent sacramental information that affects his canonical status, such as marriage.
 
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