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S234 Sacraments of Initiation
Besl
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Course
Description
Syllabus
ARTICLES
Required, see Syllabus
Rahner, Karl, "How
to Receive a Sacrament and Mean It,” Theology Digest, 19:3, pp.
227-234.
Searle, Mark, “The
Journey of Conversion,” Worship 54 (1980) 35-54
Johnson, Maxwell,
The Rites of
Christian Initiation, Liturgical Press, 1999pp. 201-225
Recommended:
Birmingham, Mary, “What
about Doctrine?” Today's
Parish 37 no.3 (2005) 16-19. (about catechesis
in the catechumenate based on the liturgy)
Turner: “Forum:
Confusion over Confirmation,” Worship 71 (1997) 537-545.
MYSTAGOGY: articles and
handouts
John Paul II on Mystagogy
(quote from the Pope’s letter Mane Vobiscum)
Hughes Questions for
Mystagogy
Mystagogy Definitions
What is Mystagogical
Preaching?
Harmless: excerpt on
mystagogy (from Harmless, William, S.J., Augustine and the Catechumenate,
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995, pp. 358-369)
Mystagogy article by Emily
Besl (“Mystagogy: Opening up to the
Mystery” by E. Besl in Year of the Eucharist, Essays by the
Faculty of the Athenaeum of Ohio, 2005.)
Bibliography on Mystagogy
HISTORY OF THE SACRAMENTS OF
INITIATION
Provided in class:
Christian Initiation in New Testament (handout)
RITE OF CHRISTIAN
INITIATION OF ADULTS, Part I
Provided in class:
Steps and Stages of the RCIA
Characteristics of RCIA
Comparison: Acceptance,
Welcoming, Combined
Texts from Acceptance,
Welcoming, Combined
Principle Elements of
Catechesis NCD
Fundamental Tasks of
Catechesis GDC 1997
Celebrating the Rites chart
Stauffer on Baptismal Fonts
Comparison: Easter Vigil,
Combined rite
Not Reception at Vigil
(summarizes arguments for not receiving candidates for full communion at the
Easter Vigil)
For your information:
Godparents
WO Marriage Cases and RCIA
(Statement from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Worship Office)
WO Parish Implementation
10-05 (Statement from the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati Worship Office)
Readings for the Easter
Vigil (synopsis of the passages in light of
baptism)
RCIA PART II, CHAPTER 1:
CHILDREN OF CATECHETICAL AGE
Provided in class:
RCIA Part II Adaptations for
Children (overview of adaptations for children)
Reception of Baptized
Children into Catholic Church
For your information:
WO Initiation of Children of
Catechetical Age (Statement from the Archdiocese
of Cincinnati Worship Office)
RECEPTION INTO FULL
COMMUNION
Provided in class:
Outline of Rite of Reception
Preparation of Candidates
for full communion
Comparison: Reception,
Combined at Vigil
Confirmation and the Faculty
to Confirm
For your information:
Some Issues of Baptism and
Confirmation
WO Initiation of Baptized
Candidates (Statement from the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati Worship Office)
Churches with Valid and
Non-Valid Baptisms
Why Mormon Baptism is
Invalid
Info Re Baptisms of
Protestant Religions
Bibliography on Reception
into Full Communion
CONFIRMATION
Requirements Confirmation
Eucharist CIC (excerpts from Code of Canon Law)
Sequence of Initiation
Sacraments
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