tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post5990678941076124970..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: RCIA Horror StoriesBonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-87845923244486100052019-11-05T16:19:30.890-05:002019-11-05T16:19:30.890-05:00I finished RCIA in 2011, it was not easy but worth...I finished RCIA in 2011, it was not easy but worth it (see post above 10/6/2010). The Catholic Church is a treasure worth whatever it takes. Not all Catholics are like what you are experiencing. I hope you can either find help somewhere in your program or switch to a better RCIA. I requested a different sponsor which helped a lot. I also contacted the Coming Home Network and was able to get a second sponsor who I have become lifelong friends with. I briefly tried another RCIA but discovered the program at my Parish was actually better. David Kaemmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824040444256463595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-15939354332552059242017-03-20T15:27:04.706-04:002017-03-20T15:27:04.706-04:00Hey Gold Rush,
You definitely need a good degree ...Hey Gold Rush,<br /><br />You definitely need a good degree of knowledge, and <i>solid</i> knowledge; a lot of RCIA training programs for catechists are bunk. I think the only prerequisites are a good amount of knowledge on the particulars of the Catholic Faith, and a stable faith life. I would say you should not be teaching RCIA if you yourself have not been practicing your faith regularly for less than 5 years. An MA is not required - in fact, it might hurt you depending on where you get it from.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-34085460051113260772017-03-20T02:35:58.918-04:002017-03-20T02:35:58.918-04:00>In the meantime, let's get some younger pe...>In the meantime, let's get some younger people heading up our RCIA programs . . . .<br /><br />What qualifications do you think a potential RCIA teacher needs? I'm starting to treat my faith seriously and I feel that RCIA might be a calling in the future. An an MA in theology? Just the given courses given by my parish? I have a pontificate institute a few hours away and they have classes & degrees geared towards the layman which, besides my own self study, prayer and reflection, I think might aid be in teaching - just giving another aspect to pull from. GoldRush Applehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672912751538200761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-75454355395017489292013-03-22T08:48:30.186-04:002013-03-22T08:48:30.186-04:00Anonymous-
I feel your pain. Maybe introduce your...Anonymous-<br /><br />I feel your pain. Maybe introduce your priest to these free RCIA notes and outlines on my other site that are done from a very orthodox perspective.<br /><br />http://www.unamsanctamcatholicam.com/home/parish-resources/83-parish-resources/120-rcia-classes.htmlBonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-22442739817545872332013-03-21T20:20:22.029-04:002013-03-21T20:20:22.029-04:00I am.currently going through RCIA. i have found it...I am.currently going through RCIA. i have found it uninformative, and tefious, giving no real reason to become Catholic. To say I am frustrated would be a supreme understatement. The Parish priest is new to the Parish and is aware of my concerns and is very upset about the older female who is DRE and not vrry sufficient at it. Thank you for your.candor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-13718592791169462162010-10-06T20:23:51.987-04:002010-10-06T20:23:51.987-04:00Woops...I didn't give you the quote. here is i...Woops...I didn't give you the quote. here is is:<br /><br /><br />Pope Leo XIII, Providentissimus Deus, no. 20f: “It is absolutely wrong and forbidden either to narrow inspiration to certain parts only of Sacred Scripture or to admit that the sacred writer has erred... For all the books which the Church receives as Sacred and Canonical are written wholly and entirely, with all their parts, at the dictation of the Holy Ghost; and so far is it from being possible that any error can coexist with inspiration, that inspiration not only is essentially incompatible with error, but excludes and rejects it as absolutely and necessarily as it is impossible that God Himself, the Supreme Truth, can utter that which is not True. This is the ancient and unchanging Faith of the Church... [T]hose who maintain that an error is possible in any genuine passage of the sacred writings, either pervert the Catholic notion of inspiration, or make God the author of such error.”Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-84067482524563267942010-10-06T20:23:25.084-04:002010-10-06T20:23:25.084-04:00David-
This woman has no idea how offensive this ...David-<br /><br />This woman has no idea how offensive this stuff is, especially to Protestants who are raised to "rightly" revere the Bible. She is wrong about what she told you. For example, in the encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, <br />Pope Leo XIII, <i>Providentissimus Deus</i>, we are told specifically in no. 20f: <br /><br /><br /><br />This woman is not giving you the truth. Unfortunately, you might have to just suffer through it, since it is the means of getting admitted to the Church. Just keep studying and praying on your own, and use for your reference the saints, catechism and writings of the popes...if something she says sounds fishy, disregard it because it probably is nonsense.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-44669618281238002602010-10-06T07:39:38.694-04:002010-10-06T07:39:38.694-04:00I just started in RCIA class. Last night we were g...I just started in RCIA class. Last night we were given bibles and introduced to scripture. The teacher said the bible is all truth but not necessarily all fact. Examples she gave were from the creation account in Genesis and also Moses parting the red sea. She suggested that it could have been God telling Moses to cross when the tide was up and that way the tide would come back on the Egyptians. I got an overall feeling that the Bible itself was a storybook. I come from a Protestant background and the whole class last night was very disturbing to me. I really want to try to become Catholic so our family can go to church as a family but I often wonder if i'm wasting my time. Is what i am learning in this parish consistent with Catholic belief? I found some of your posts online and liked them enough I'd thought I would comment here. Maybe you can help.David Kaemmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824040444256463595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-80334541660146770542010-06-22T11:30:36.921-04:002010-06-22T11:30:36.921-04:00Anonymous - See my post that I put up for Tuesday,...Anonymous - See my post that I put up for Tuesday, June 22nd.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-3921819602042495132010-06-20T09:57:40.806-04:002010-06-20T09:57:40.806-04:00Great post and too true. I went through RCIA in t...Great post and too true. I went through RCIA in the '90s and am now a director. One area that I think needs work is in the pre-catechumenate. We're a small, rural parish and can't run the program year-round, so we have a pretty limited amount of time (and personnel) before we begin the catechumenate every year. For years we've spent the first few weeks in "discussion". Basically, we end up with several weeks of talk therapy and conversation. I'd love some suggestions on what we could do to make this more worthwhile and structured. Anyone have some ideas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com