The RCIA stands for - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is a process through which non-baptized men and women enter the Catholic Church. It includes several stages marked by study, prayer and rites at Mass. Participants in the RCIA are known as Catechumens.

Reach out to us to help you set up your own RCIA in your parish or alternately if you don’t have the right resources, we can help you train them too. It is advisable initially that you seek our assistance and expertise to run your RCIAs and eventually through our hand holding we can parallelly train your identified people to take over the RCIA in your local parishes ultimately.

RCIA Training

The Family of Faith (FoF) Archdiocesan Catechist Training Seminars are paramount to the Standardization and Conformity of How the Catholic Faith is being imparted and What is being imparted. This RCIA training managed and conducted by FoF ensures that. Generally, 2-3 full days of training are given and concentrated specifically on the needs of the Archdiocese, parish priests, RCIA heads and other catechists. FoF teaches the fundamentals of methodology in catechesis as per the norms of the Church.*

All Catechists will be Trained in:

• Teaching for Transition (from a non-baptised to being Baptised)
• Familiarisation of the RCIA and its methods
• Know-how of Liturgical Catechesis and Scriptural Catechesis
• Organizing and Systematizing the Catechesis in the Catechumenate
• Instructions on Apologetics in the Precatechumenate, during and post Catechumenate stages
• Incorporating Spiritual and Personal Witness into the Catechetical endeavor and standard of the Archdiocese through Family of Faith Apostolate.

RCIA Specialty Seminars

FoF is always willing to accommodate the specific training needs of the Archdiocese. Over the years FoF has developed the these seminars mentioned below that address the most common requests. These seminars can vary in length according to what depth of training a Archdiocese/Diocese desires. Most are designed for a single day, beginning in the morning at 930am and concluding by 5pm. Pricing for these seminars would depend upon the number participants and venue, logistics and the resources used (the RCIA Leader's Manual is a must have).

Sample RCIA Specialty Seminars

The Catechumenate for Rural Parishes Seminar

• Assessment of needs of seminar participants (TNI)
• Forming a rural catechumenate team
• Suggestions for the pastoral aspect
• Suggestions for the liturgical aspect
• Suggestions for the catechetical aspect
• Questions and answers

Diving Deep: RCIA Team Formation Seminar

• Assessment of need of seminar participants (TNI)
• Why a team approach is very critical and a priority?
• Forming a RCIA team
• Facilitating team meetings
• On-going support for team members
• Questions and answers

*Canon Law Codes on the RCIA

Can. 788

• Those who have expressed the wish to embrace faith in Christ, and who have completed the period of their preliminary catechumenate, are to be admitted to the catechumenate proper in a liturgical ceremony; and their names are to be inscribed in the book which is kept for this purpose.
• By formation and their first steps in Christian living, catechumens are to be initiated into the mysteries of salvation, and introduced into the life of faith, liturgy and charity of the people of God, as well as into the apostolate.
• It is the responsibility of the Episcopal Conference to establish norms concerning the arrangement of the catechumenate, determining what should be done by catechumens and what should be their prerogatives.

Can. 789 By means of appropriate formation, neophytes are to be led to a deeper knowledge of the Gospel truths, and to the fulfilment of the duties undertaken in baptism. They are also to be imbued with a sincere love of Christ and his Church.

The Sacraments of Initiation lay the foundation of the Christian life.

“The faithful are born a new by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life. By means of these sacraments of Christian initiation, they thus receive in increasing measure the treasures of the divine life and advance toward the perfection of charity” Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) #1212

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