making disciples formando discípulos

MAKING DISCIPLES
FORMANDO DISCÍPULOS
Before we start…
Antes de comenzar…
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Write the names of your
catechumens on the
posters
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Escriba el nombre de
sus catecúmenos en los
posters
HOW WE TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS
WORD
COMMUNITY
WORSHIP
WITNESS
Tell stories
Listen
Share our own
experience of
Jesus
Reflect on your
own experience
for yourself
Sharing the
Word of God
that has been
handed on
Told stories
Share a meal
Show love
Accompany
them
Welcomed
everyone
Increase
numbers
Did this day by
day
Pray
Share faith
through music
and art
Broke bread
Prayers
Praising God
Spent time in
temple
Show creation of
God
By your life
Be peaceful and
show that peace
Live the Gospel
Shared
possessions
Took care of
those in need
Glad and
generous hearts
Served others
HOW WE TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS
WORD
COMMUNITY
WORSHIP
WITNESS
Reflect…
1. Think of all the things your parish does to tell
others about Jesus.
2. On your handout, in each column,
write down the two best things your parish does
to tell others about Jesus.
Think of the things your parish does that are
powerful
healing
hopeful
generous
joyful
loving
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DID THIS?...
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More engaged
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More commitment
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We’d have to understand our
parish
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More support
Enliven the faithful
Redefine who we are
Build more seminaries
Catechumens and seekers will
start evangelizing
We’d be fulfilling Jesus’
commandment to make
disciples and baptize
Increase perseverance
Multiply the number of
disciples
We’d have happy disciples
Preparation • Preparación
 Apostles’ Creed • El Símbolo de los Apóstoles
 [Bowing in procession]
 Bring Give Us This Day
For tomorrow • Para mañana
 Ministers for morning prayer: gather tonight
 Time and place for gathering in the morning
 Bring Give Us This Day
MAKING DISCIPLES
FORMANDO DISCÍPULOS
Before we start…
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Please write any specific
questions you have on the
posters on the easels
CHURCH TEACHINGS REVEALED FROM OUR ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST
IN PRAYER AND REFLECTION (MYSTAGOGY)
We are all walking together with the catechumens
Communion, one body
We are the body of Christ for one another
The presence of Christ in the Word
Imago Dei – “image of God”
Gratitude of being called forth  look to the universal
call to holiness
• All are holy!
• We are called to be a people of prayer and intercession
• Real Presence
• Honoring the Lord’s Day/Sunday as a holy day of
obligation
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Primary
proclamation
Initiatory
catechesis
Ongoing
catechesis
General Directory for Catechesis, Chapter 2
Jane (unbap.)
Mike (bap.
Cath. catchzd)
Lisa (unbap.)
Fred (bap. Luth.
catechzd.)
Alex (bap. Cath.
uncatchzd)
1. Primary proclamation
2. Initiatory catechesis
3. Ongoing catechesis
HEAL THE WOUNDS
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Pray for the person carrying this burden.
Imagine you are this person. Imagine your
name, your story, your need.
With a partner, share:
 Your role-play name
 Your story
 What you need from the Christian
community
WHOM DO WE MEET ON THE WAY OF FAITH?
EVANGELIZATION — POPE PAUL VI
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The task of evangelizing all people is
the essential mission of the Church.
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Evangelizing is in fact the grace and
vocation proper to the Church, her
deepest identity.
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She exists in order to evangelize, that
is to say, in order to preach and teach,
to be the channel of the gift of grace, to
reconcile sinners with God, and to
perpetuate Christ’s sacrifice.
EVANGELIZATION AND CATECHESIS — POPE FRANCIS
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“How many men and women, on the
existential peripheries…wait for our
closeness and our solidarity!”
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New evangelization: “to become conscious
of the merciful love of the Father in order
that we may become pure instruments of
salvation for our brothers and sisters.”
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“Catechesis…needs to go beyond the simple
realm of scholastics, in order to educate
believers…to encounter Christ, living and
working in his Church.”
Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New
Evangelization, plenary assembly, May 29, 2015
WHOM DO WE MEET ON THE WAY OF FAITH?
Jane (unbap.)
Jane; 24 year-old single mother with a two-year-old
 She thinks her life is awful and that she’s a bad mother;
she has little money to provide a good life for her son; has
to work several jobs to make ends meet; has no close
friends; her grandmother is helping her raise her child
 Had seen the news about Pope Francis saying that even if
you’re not married you can have your child be baptized;
she saw this as a way to provide a better life for her child
 She is unbaptized and looking for baptism for her child
 In the baptismal preparation for her child, the prep team
asked her five questions. Her reflection on those
questions led her to desire baptism for herself.
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HONORING GOD’S VARIED FORMS OF GRACE
Jane (unbap.)
1. Feels abandoned; has some hope; grandma inspires faith;
wants better for child; school drop out; cautious about men;
broken family.
2. Tired, broke, confused, overwhelmed, desperate, angry,
struggling; wants baptism for child, self; felt moment of
peace; sees examples of faith
3. Wants better life for child; looking for meaning; community;
guidance, support, wants change, more involved with child
4. Will come to classes; will make change; bring child to
church; will make time; will ask for practical support
5. Child baptized, feel community, peace, wants to share her
peace, belonging, have support, brings worries to prayer,
know how to pray
CHURCH TEACHINGS REVEALED FROM OUR ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST
IN PRAYER AND REFLECTION (MYSTAGOGY)
We are all walking together with the catechumens
Communion, one body
We are the body of Christ for one another
The presence of Christ in the Word
Imago Dei – “image of God”
Gratitude of being called forth  look to the universal
call to holiness
• All are holy!
• We are called to be a people of prayer and intercession
• Real Presence
• Honoring the Lord’s Day/Sunday as a holy day of
obligation
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Together, as a table group…
1. Choose one teaching for Jane:
we walk together as Body of Christ
Jane
(catechumen)
OR we are the image of God for others
2. Prepare catechetical activity
on this topic for Jane. Remember her:
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responses to 5 questions
catechetical level: initiatory level
Use a strong parish activity:
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#1: Word: faith-sharing in homes
#2: Community: grief ministry
#3: Worship: adoration
#4: Witness: Food for Friends
3. Choose a person to role play being
Jane to report to large group about her
experience
1. Feels abandoned; has some
hope; grandma inspires faith;
wants better for child; school
drop out; cautious about men;
broken family.
2. Tired, broke, confused,
overwhelmed, desperate, angry,
struggling; wants baptism for
child, self; felt moment of peace;
sees examples of faith
3. Wants better life; looking for
meaning; community; guidance,
support, wants change, more
involved with child
4. Will come to classes; will make
change; bring child to church;
will make time; will ask for
practical support
5. Child baptized, feel community,
peace, wants to share her peace,
belonging, have support, brings
worries to prayer, know how to
pray
Period of Purification and Enlightenment
Rite of Election
 Three Scrutinies
 Two Presentations
 Preparation rites on Holy Saturday
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1.
Get sticky note, write your name on it, stick
it to back of your card.
2.
Match Q to A. Colors don’t matter.
3.
Introduce yourselves. Remember name.
4.
With your partner, open your RCIA book and
find the paragraph that proves you match.
Write that paragraph # on your sticky
note. Turn in cards, and go to your seats.
5.
Now, stand up. Bring your card, RCIA book,
and a pen or pencil. Find your match!
MYSTAGOGY
MYSTAGOGY
Together, as a table group…
1. *Draw a picture that shows:
• who participates in mystagogy
• what mystagogy is
• where mystagogy happens
• how you participate in mystagogy
*Look at the paragraphs in the Rite that
describe the period of mystagogy to help you.
Pay attention to what’s not in the Rite.
2. Find a table you like, and describe your
picture to them. Listen to their
description of their picture.
• How are your descriptions similar?
• How are they different?
If you had to start an RCIA team from
scratch, who do you need on your team?
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
 Community
(RCIA, #9) / Sponsors
 Pastor
 Team
coordinator / director
 Ambassador of welcome
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
PLACES TO FIND SPONSORS
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Those who have completed their neophyte year.
The spouses of the newly initiated (not spouses of the catechumens).
The parents of the newly initiated (not parents of the catechumens).
The in-laws of the newly initiated (not in-laws of the catechumens).
The president of the parish council, six months before his term expires.
A retired priest.
A Catholic school teacher, six months before her retirement.
A retired sister.
The chairperson of last year’s banquet committee.
The parish’s top ten financial contributors
All the single mothers who baptized a baby within the last five years.
All the grandparents of those babies.
All the ex-teenagers who were confirmed five years ago.
All the “Protestants married to Catholics” who were received into
the Catholic Church in the last five years.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A SPONSOR
Faithful
 Questioning
 Hospitable
 Disciplined
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A TEAM LEADER (AND PASTOR)
Enthusiastic
 Confident
 Flexible
 Excellent
 Passionate
 Prayerful
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CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AMBASSADOR OF WELCOME
Joyful
 Story-hearer
 Prayerful
 Flexible
 Extroverted
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DID THIS?...
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More engaged

More commitment

We’d have to understand our
parish

More support

Enliven the faithful

Redefine who we are

Build more seminaries
Catechumens and seekers will 
start evangelizing

We’d be fulfilling Jesus’
commandment to make
disciples and baptize
Increase perseverance
Multiply the number of
disciples
We’d have happy disciples
Revitalized faith community
World would be changed
Ministries would be more
diverse
We’d be challenged
Witness of martyrs will
become our inspiration to do
the same
CONTACT US — WE ANSWER E-MAIL!
Nick@TeamRCIA.com
DMacalintal@DSJ.org