Comments on: RCIA for Children http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/04/03/rcia-for-children/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:31:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/04/03/rcia-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Joe Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:24:09 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/2008/04/03/rcia-for-children/#comment-649 Nick, I agree. Most parishes that have highly effective/successful RCIA for children involve the parents in the formation process. Nick, I agree. Most parishes that have highly effective/successful RCIA for children involve the parents in the formation process.

]]> By: Nick Wagner http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/04/03/rcia-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Nick Wagner Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:59:36 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/2008/04/03/rcia-for-children/#comment-648 Joe, one thing that often fails to get enough attention in a children's catechumenate process is that it is the parents who are undergoing a conversion experience. Little kids seldom decide to become Christian. It is their parents (or grandparents) who decide it is time to baptize them or catch them up on their sacraments. I always encourage parishes with child catechumens to attend as much to the guardians as to the children. What that looks like is, the parents go through a full formation process parallel with their children. Then the mystagogical formation becomes a process of helping the parents develop the skills to answer their children's faith question. Of course I don't mean that the catechists <em>don't</em> answer the children's questions. But we can encourage the parents to bring the children's questions to their own formation sessions to reflect on them and to return to their children with faith-filled responses. Nick Wagner <a href="http://teamrcia.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">TeamRCIA.com</a> Joe, one thing that often fails to get enough attention in a children’s catechumenate process is that it is the parents who are undergoing a conversion experience. Little kids seldom decide to become Christian. It is their parents (or grandparents) who decide it is time to baptize them or catch them up on their sacraments. I always encourage parishes with child catechumens to attend as much to the guardians as to the children. What that looks like is, the parents go through a full formation process parallel with their children. Then the mystagogical formation becomes a process of helping the parents develop the skills to answer their children’s faith question. Of course I don’t mean that the catechists don’t answer the children’s questions. But we can encourage the parents to bring the children’s questions to their own formation sessions to reflect on them and to return to their children with faith-filled responses.

Nick Wagner
TeamRCIA.com

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