Making Disciples Institute
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Making Disciples Institute
November 10-11, 2023
Immaculate Conception Church
316 Old Allerton Road, Annandale, NJ 08801
An RCIA Formation Event for all RCIA Team Members.This two-day Making Disciples Institute will be run by Nick Wagner and Diana Macalintal from TeamRCIA and will provide our RCIA team members a comprehensive overview of the entire catechumenate process, focusing on each period. Participants will also explore how evangelization is the ongoing work of all the baptized and how the entire parish becomes the training ground for catechesis. It is our hope that this Making Disciples Institute will help your catechumenate teams deepen their community’s engagement with seekers, become more confident, and find more joy in this life-changing ministry.
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About Making Disciples Institute
The Making Disciples Institute is a comprehensive overview of the entire catechumenate process, focusing on each period. You’ll explore how evangelization is the ongoing work of all the baptized and how the entire parish becomes the training ground for catechesis. If you’re new to catechumenate ministry, you’ll receive a thorough introduction to the process. And if you’ve been doing this ministry a while, you might be surprised at the new and deeper insights you will discover.
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Meet the Team for Making Disciples
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Diana Macalintal
Presenter
Diana Macalintal is the codirector and cofounder of TeamRCIA.com, a free online resource for catechumenate ministry. She is an author and speaker on liturgy, music, prayer, RCIA, and intercultural ministry. She holds a Master of Arts in Theology from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and has served in campus, parish, and diocesan ministries for almost 30 years. Her latest books include The Work of Your Hands, a collection of prayers; Joined by the Church, Sealed by a Blessing, a parish resource for marriage preparation which she wrote with her husband, Nick Wagner; Living Liturgy, a Sunday by Sunday liturgical year resource; and Your Parish Is the Curriculum: RCIA in the Midst of the Community, all published by Liturgical Press.
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Nick Wagner
Presenter
Nick Wagner is the codirector and cofounder of TeamRCIA.com, a free online resource for catechumenate ministry, and is a leading voice and trainer in Catholic liturgical and catechetical ministries. With more than 40 years of experience in ministry and in Catholic publishing, Nick uses his gift for translating theological principles into simple and clear language to inspire joy, commitment, and passion for faith in parish teams. Nick holds a master’s degree from Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, and is the author of many publications, including Seek the Living God: Five RCIA Inquiry Questions for Making Disciples; the award-winning book The Way of Faith: A Field Guide for the RCIA Process; and Field Hospital Catechesis: The Core Content for RCIA Formation.
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Important Information about Making Disciples Institute
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Why Making Disciples Matters:
Making Disciples is a foundational training event that will give you the tools you need to activate conversion in your seekers and your community.
- Gain the confidence you need to transform your entire parish into a community of disciples through the work of the catechumenate
- Acquire the skills to build an evangelizing parish that involves the entire community in calling forth missionary disciples
- Learn how to overcome challenges and make catechumenate ministry a source of abounding joy in your life.
- Understand the way of faith and conversion and how the rites and catechesis work together to make disciples
- Discover how to use your parish as a personalized syllabus for the variety of people we meet in the initiation process.
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Schedule for Making Disciples Institute
Friday, November 10, 2023
7:00 p.m.
Welcome, introductions, and overview
7:20 p.m.
How do we tell others about Jesus?
7:35 p.m.
Six principles of a catechumenal culture
8:15 p.m.
Four pillars for making disciples
8:30 p.m.
What would happen if our parishes did this?
9:00 p.m.
Liturgy: Adapted Presentation of the Creed
9:30 p.m.
End: Day 1Saturday, November 11, 2023
8:30 a.m.
Morning Prayer
9:05 a.m.
Mystagogy on Friday night liturgy
9:30 a.m.
A new translation for renewing the church
9:40 a.m.
The mystagogical itinerary of the journey of faith
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Check-in and feedback
11:00 a.m.
Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate: Three movements of evangelization
11:20 a.m.
Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate: Five inquiry questions
11:45 a.m.
Period of the Catechumenate: Disciples making disciples
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Check-in and feedback
1:15 p.m.
Period of Purification and Enlightenment
1:45 p.m.
Period of Postbaptismal Catechesis or Mystagogy
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Baptized candidates and children
3:00 p.m.
Take-aways and simple next steps
3:20 p.m.
Wrap up and evaluations / Closing prayer
4:00 p.m.
End: Day 2
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Important Information
Location of Event:
Immaculate Conception Church
316 Old Allerton Road, Annandale, NJ 08801Registration and Fees
Registration is $35 per person! Please register by November 5, if at all possible.
Preparation Materials for the Event:
1. Bring the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
· The six principles of the RCIA
Please bring a copy of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults to the event. We will delve deeply into this book during the training, and having your own copy will enhance your experience. (You can purchase this text from the following websites: Liturgy Training Publications or Catholic Book Publishing.
2. Watch Informative Videos
Nick and Diana have asked all participants to please watch the following videos prior to the institute, as they provide foundational knowledge for the topics we will explore:
· Five key questions to ask RCIA inquirers
· Paradigm shifts in catechesis
· Paragraph 75 and the four areas of discipleship in the catechumenateParticipants can find these videos by clicking on the following link: https://teamrcia.com/institute-prep/.
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