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kimdyuma
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Posted: Mon Jan 29th, 2007 10:27 pm |
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| Can someone explain this rite to me please?
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CajunRick
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Posted: Mon Jan 29th, 2007 11:10 pm |
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kimdyuma wrote: Can someone explain this rite to me please?
The Rite of Election (and its corresponding Rite of Sending) marks the beginning of the final phase of the catechumate.
At the Rite of Sending, which takes place in the parish church on the First Sunday of Lent, the parish community recommends that the catechumens be welcomed into the Church. The catechumens, along with their sponsors, usually travel to the diocesan Cathedral where the bishop welcomes the catechumens into the Church and they record their names into the Book of the Elect. At this point, the catechumens become part of God's chosen people and are known throughout Lent as the Elect. Little is required of the catechumens and their sponsors except their presence, which indicates the catechumen's interest in joining the Church and the sponsor's recommendation. Catechumens and sponsors may be asked for an affirmation which requires a simple response, like "I do" or "I will" or something like that.
Baptized Christians who wish to complete their initiation into the Catholic Church participate in the Rite of Sending. They are also received at the Cathedral in a process called the Call to Continuing Conversion. By virtue of their baptism, they are already counted among God's Elect so they are called forth separately from the catechumens, and they do not record their names in the Book of the Elect.
The diocesan bishop (or administrator if the office is vacant) presides over the ceremony and welcomes each catechumen and candidate. In our diocese, he is introduced to each one by name, although that may not be possible in a large diocese, but at some point, at least each catechumen will be called out by name. Also, some dioceses may hold multiple ceremonies within each deanery or other division.
You can read more about the Rites of Sending and Election, and the Call to Continuing Conversion, here.
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brian
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 01:52 am |
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| is it supposed to always be the first sunday of lent? in our archdiocese there are some offered on two or three consecutive sundays and ours we will celebrate ours on the first sunday in March. I cant wait to see it.
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CajunRick
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Posted: Mon Feb 5th, 2007 02:05 am |
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brian wrote: is it supposed to always be the first sunday of lent? in our archdiocese there are some offered on two or three consecutive sundays and ours we will celebrate ours on the first sunday in March. I cant wait to see it.
Like most other facets of RCIA, there is a certain amount of flexibility left to the bishop and the pastor. Perhaps your diocese has too many for a single ceremony, so your bishop has decided to divide them, or maybe he has chosen to have the Rite of Election on one Sunday and the Call to Continuing Conversion on another. I know one nearby diocese that is rather large geographically, so a separate ceremony is held in each deanery. It's up to the bishop to do what is most effective for his diocese, but the First Sunday of Lent is the ideal.
You don't have your location in your profile so I can't tell if there is information on your diocesan web site about their procedures, but I suspect one of these situations applies.
Last edited on Mon Feb 5th, 2007 02:08 am by CajunRick
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