RCIA Adapted - Catechist 2016_2017 Schedule
Sep 11
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24 Sunday, Ordinary
Sep 18
Welcoming Activity
Q1, Welcome to the RCIA
The Sign of the Cross
Q2, What is Faith?
25th Sunday, Ordinary
Donna out of town
Sep 24, Faithful Citizenship
Sep 25
26th Sunday, Ordinary
Donna out of town
Oct 2
Fall Fest Weekend
Q3, The Holy Trinity
Reflection on Community
(upcoming Fall Fest)
Q4, Who is Jesus Christ?
Next week: will have bibles for $10
Please bring pictures of family, scrap book
27th Sunday, Ordinary
Oct 9
28th Sunday, Ordinary
Oct 16
29th Sunday, Ordinary
Oct 23
30th Sunday, Ordinary
Oct 26, Living Rosary
Oct 28, Trunk or Treat
Next Sunday: Priesthood Sunday
CRHP
Q5, The Bible
Part One
Provide bibles
Q5, The Bible
Part Two
For teens & adults, supplement with Paprocki’s The Bible
Family Class
Q12, Who Shepherds the
Church?
Activity with team members taking roles: with large pictures
of St. Peter, Pope Francis, Bishop Olson, Fr. Hoa, Fr. Nghia,
Deacon Kevin, Deacon Matías, Sr. Yolanda, Pastoral Council
(Reegan), DRE (Donna), Lector, Altar Server, EM,
Blueprint and Planos de la Biblia
For children, find games that help figure out the bible
Use maps
Create cards for Fr. Hoa and Fr. Nghia: family cards
Bring a picture of deceased family member for next week’s
class (right now, put reminder in cell phone for Saturday
night ….and again for Sunday morning)
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RCIA Adapted - Catechist 2016_2017 Schedule
Oct 30
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31 Sunday, Ordinary
Nov 1, All Saints
Nov 2, All Souls
DST time change next Sunday
Family Class
Q15, The Saints
Review saints….allow families to pick a saint that they will
select to be their family patron saint through the RCIA
process
Closing prayer – communion of saints and the family’s
deceased member
CRHP
Nov 6
Mission
32nd Sunday, Ordinary
DST time change
Nov 8, Election Day
Q6, Divine Revelation
Nov 13
Q7, Your Prayer Life
Donna needs to be at RCIA, BOW (9:00-10:15)
Q8, Prayers & Practices
Part One – The Rosary
Hand out Prayer Books
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33 Sunday, Ordinary
Nov 20
Christ the King
Last Week in Ordinary Time
Thanksgiving
Advent
Nov 27
1st Sunday, Advent
Dec 4
2nd Sunday, Advent
Dec 8, Immaculate Conception
Dec 11
3rd Sunday, Advent – Gaudete Sunday
Dec 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dec 16, Las Posadas begin
Dec 18
4th Sunday, Advent
Dec 25
Christmas
Dec 27, Feast of Saint John the Apostle
Donna needs to be at Rite of Welcoming (9:00-10:15)
No Session - Thanksgiving
holiday
Q14, Mary
Q8, Prayers & Practices
Family Class
Adaptation of Posadas
No Session – Christmas holiday
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RCIA Adapted - Catechist 2016_2017 Schedule
Jan 1
Solemnity, Mary, Holy Mother of God
Jan 8
Epiphany
Jan 9, Baptism of the Lord
Jan 15
2nd Sunday, Ordinary
No Session – New Year’s Day
Jan 22
3rd Sunday, Ordinary
Jan 23, Day of Prayer, Unborn Children
Jan 29
4th Sunday, Ordinary
Q9, The Mass (children, Q3)
Feb 5
5th Sunday, Ordinary
Q13, Church as Community
(children, Q12)
Feb 12
6th Sunday, Ordinary
World Marriage Day
Family event with focus on
church, mass, and scripture
readings
Family activity….for Family Covenant, Going to Mass [Judy to
help plan]
Feb 19
7th Sunday, Ordinary
Focus on bible/mass:
Matthew 5:38-48 (Sunday’s
reading, Love of Enemies)
Consider tools from The Bible Blueprint or The Great
Adventure
Feb 26
8th Sunday, Ordinary
Mar 1, Ash Wednesday
1. Lent
Catechesis in separate rooms with families coming together
2. Liturgical cycle as it
for ending activity on Mardi Gras [Reegan to help plan]
relates to Lent
3. Family event with Mardi
Gras
No Session – Catechist Retreat
Q15, The Church Year
(children, Q10)
From here on, find ways to remind parents of expectations
that they are going as a family to Sunday mass
- Children class will focus on Liturgy of the Word
Children class will focus on Liturgy of the Eucharist
Q11, Places in a Catholic
Church (children, Q8)
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RCIA Adapted - Catechist 2016_2017 Schedule
Mar 5
1st Sunday, Lent
Next week, Daylight Saving Begins
(Lose hour)
1. Spiritual Works of
Mercy (10:30-12:00)
2. Family activity….for a
specific corporal work
Mar 12
2nd Sunday, Lent
Mar 17, St Patrick’s Day
Mar 19
3rd Sunday, Lent
Mar 25 – Annunciation of the Lord
No Session – Spring Break
Daylight Saving Time Begins
Focus on bible: Luke 1:2638 plus Canticle of Mary
(Mar 25th reading,
Announcement of Birth of
Jesus)
Consider tools from The Bible Blueprint or The Great
Adventure
 Connect to other passages in scripture (using
footnotes)
 Family prayer in chapel to be on Canticle of Mary
Mar 26
4th Sunday, Lent – Laetare Sunday
3. Corporal Works of
Mercy (10:30-12:00)
4. Family activity….for a
specific corporal work
Catechesis in separate rooms on Corporal Works
Families come together at 12:00 for ending activity on
choosing specific corporal work of mercy
- Spanish in dining room and English in Rooms A & B
Apr 2
5th Sunday, Lent
Focus on bible: John 11:145 (Sunday Gospel, Raising
of Lazarus)
Consider tools from The Bible Blueprint or The Great
Adventure
 Connect to other passages in scripture (using
footnotes)
 Need to find family activity/prayer for closing
Apr 9
Palm Sunday
Apr 13, Holy Thursday
Apr 14, Good Friday
Apr 15, Holy Saturday
Catechesis in separate rooms on Spiritual Works
Families come together at 12:00 for ending activity on
choosing specific spiritual work of mercy
- Spanish in dining room and English in Rooms A & B
Catechesis, followed by experiencing a specific form of
Stations of the Cross
(e.g., Teens use the Teens version; children a specific
children version, …)
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RCIA Adapted - Catechist 2016_2017 Schedule
Apr 16
Easter Sunday
Apr 23
2nd Sunday, Easter – Divine Mercy
No Session – Easter Sunday
Apr 30
3rd Sunday, Easter
Review of Year1 and
Overview of Year2
Divine Mercy
Catechesis in separate rooms on Divine Mercy Sunday and
the Chaplet (10:30-12:00)
Family activity….Chaplet of Divine Mercy (12:00-12:30)
Catechesis in separate rooms
- Explain sponsors, paperwork,
- Children will do something with Armor of St. Paul
- Teens?
Last part is a modified version of a sending forth ritual
- “certificate” to recognize 1st year
Planning summer sessions, TBD
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