Catechumenate Resources

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• Discerning Catechumens' Readiness
• What Catechumens Should Expect
• Mystagogical Reflection on the Rite of Election

• Texts for the Third, Fourth & Fifth Sundays of Lent

Church Documents
Ad Gentes (Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church; 1965)
Catechesi Tradendae (Encyclical on Catechesis in Our Time; 1979)
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (1985)
Rito de la Iniciacion Cristiana de Adultos (1991)
Evangelii Gaudium (Apostolic Exhortation on the Joy of the Gospel; 2013)
Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons with Disabilities (USCCB; 2017)
Directory for Catechesis (2020)
Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (2024)

Books
Birmingham, Mary. Year-Round Catechumenate (Liturgy Training Publications, 2002)
Clay, Fr. Michael. Harvest for God: Christian Initiation in the Rural and Small-Town Parish (Liturgy Training Publications, 2007)
Galipeau, Jerry. We Send You Forth: Dismissals for the RCIA (World Library Publications, 2005)
------. Les Enviamos: Para despedir a los Catecumenos (World Library Publications, 2005)
Hughes, Kathleen. Saying Amen: A Mystagogy of Sacrament (Liturgy Training Publications, 2007)
Kapitan, Eliot. Unfolding the Mystery of Christ: Sunday by Sunday Formation of Catechumens (Liturgical Press, 2020)
Paprocki, Joe, and D. Todd Williamson. Great is the Mystery: Encountering the Formational Power of Liturgy (Liturgy Training Publications, 2013)
Regan, David, CSSP. Experience the Mystery: Pastoral Possibilities for Christian Mystagogy (Liturgical Press, 1994)
Senseman, Rita Burns. Guide for Celebrating Christian Initiation with Children (Liturgy Training Publications, 2017)
------. Guide to Adapting the RCIA for Children (Liturgy Training Publications, 2017)
------. Guía para adaptar el RICA para niños (Liturgy Training Publications, 2019)
Steffans, Donna. Discerning Disciples: Listening for God's Voice in Christian Initiation (Liturgy Training Publications, 2007)
Tudela, Michaela I. Guide to the OCIA for Children: Q&A for Parents (Liturgy Training Publications, 2022)
------. Guía para el RICA con niños: Preguntas y respuestas para papás. Edición revisada (Liturgy Training Publications, 2022)
Tufano, Victoria M., Fr. Paul Turner, and D. Todd Williamson. Guide for Celebrating Christian Initiation with Adults (Liturgy Training Publications, 2016)
------. Guía para celebrar la iniciación cristiana con adultos (Liturgy Training Publications, 2016)
Turner, Fr. Paul. When Other Christians Become Catholic (Liturgical Press, 2007)
------. Celebrating Initiation: A Guide for Priests (World Library Publications, 2008)
Wagner, Nick. The Heart of Faith: A Field Guide for Catechumens and Candidates (Twenty-Third Publications, 2010)
Weddell, Sherry A. Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus (Our Sunday Visitor, 2012)

Formation Resources
Apprentices in Faith (RCL Benzigner)
Breaking Open the Word (Liguori Publications)
Foundations in Faith Resource Books, Mystagogia Years A, B, C (RCL Benziger)
Journey of Faith (Liguori Publications)
Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained (Formed.org)