Congratulations, and I hope you have an easier time of it then I did. Are you already baptized? Have some knowledge of the Bible and Catholic Teachings? Just curious.Tonight’s my first RCIA “inquiry session”. I don’t really know what to expect, but I’m ridiculously excited and had to blab about it to someone.
Feels like it’s been a long time coming, even though it’s only a few months. Wish me luck!
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)Well good for you and bravo to the parish for not taking the summer off.Tonight’s my first RCIA “inquiry session”. I don’t really know what to expect, but I’m ridiculously excited and had to blab about it to someone.
Feels like it’s been a long time coming, even though it’s only a few months. Wish me luck!
Thanks for the wishes, everybody. Last night was an outstanding start.Congratulations, and I hope you have an easier time of it then I did. Are you already baptized? Have some knowledge of the Bible and Catholic Teachings? Just curious.
Because the program at my church was set up only for Catecumans. They had no idea what to do about a Christian well versed in living the Christian life, reading the Bible, and probably knowing more about the catechism then most Catholics.
Sure you’ll hear some things you, no doubt, already know. But it’s as much about the journey. You’ll also develop some great friendships along the way that will ease you into the parish life quite nicely.RCIA is a work in progress, I had the same initial experience that you are talking about, but I’m glad I came in at Easter Vigil. We had no Catechumans when I came in, so it became a learning process for the RCIA team as much as for us Candidates. There was little I didn’t know, or so I thought, when I started the process. But one thing for sure I did learn was what it meant to submit to the authority of my pastor. In the long run that brought great joy into the process when I finally let go of my protestant individualism, then I truly felt what is was like to be part of something bigger then myself. I hope later when you reflect upon it, you will also, or perhaps you already have? - :heaven:Because the program at my church was set up only for Catecumans. They had no idea what to do about a Christian well versed in living the Christian life, reading the Bible, and probably knowing more about the catechism then most Catholics.
To sum up, I learned nothing in my RCIA class.
This forum has a banner sometimes on “How To Become A Catholic” It is made clear that Candidates need not go through what the Catecumans do. In theory, we need not even bother with the Easter Vigil. In theory. Throughout most of the USA, this is totally ignored. As in my case.