The Parents’ Meeting and the Early Thresholds
A few weeks ago, I spoke at a First Communion parents’ meeting. One of the toughest gigs you can have as a catechist is the…
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Threshold Conversations
During RCIA enquiry, I’ve always thought it’s a good practice to meet enquirers early on, one-to-one. We use ACM materials, which provide a really excellent…
Discipleship: How to Reach the Average Catholic …
Some news from an evangelisation survey (undertaken by Home Mission at the Bishops’ Conference) is interesting. To summarise, the following are some reasons that non-practising Catholic parents (with children at…
Ready, Set…. BUY!
How amazing to be able to tell you that the Catechist’s Guide and the Candidate’s Workbook are both now available to buy! You can do…
Awakening Curiosity
One of the most difficult things we can encounter as Christians are friends who have no interest at all in Christianity, even if they “respect me…
Thresholds of Conversion and RCIA
This is a much-discussed topic at the moment. A lot of us are waking up to the fact that the ‘catechetical’ aspect of RCIA is…
The Enquiry Phase
We had an interesting exchange here about the point of the enquiry period of the RCIA. I know of few parishes who even do this,…
