St. Thomas Aquinas RCIA2010-2011 Schedule All Tuesday Sessions 7:30 – 9:00 pm |
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Date |
Session Focus |
Journey of Faith # |
Session Leader |
Aug. 31 |
Overview of RCIA |
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Jody Morhammer |
Sept. 7 |
Journey of Faith |
Q1 |
Jody Morhammer |
Sept. 14 |
Who’s Who in the Church / Tour of the Church |
Q8&9 |
Rose Anne Moldovan |
Sept. 21 |
What Catholics Believe – The Creed |
Q2 |
Phil Coit |
Sept. 28 |
Catholics and the Bible / Navigating the Bible |
Q4&5 |
Jody Morhammer |
Oct. 5 |
The Bible – The Old Testament |
C9 |
Bill Walker |
Oct. 12 |
The Bible – The New Testament |
C11 |
Bill Walker |
Oct. 19 |
Am I ready for the next step? / Preparation for the Rites of Acceptance & Welcoming |
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Jody Morhammer |
Sat., Oct. 23 |
Rite of Acceptance / Rite of Welcoming @ 6pm Mass
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Oct. 26 |
The Communion of Saints / All Saints & All Souls Day |
Q6 |
Deacon Mel Dunphy |
Nov. 2 |
One on one with God – Prayer |
Q10 |
Barb Konrad |
Nov. 9 |
God’s people worship together – The Meaning of the Mass |
Q3 |
Fr. Mike Lydon |
Nov. 16 |
Taking prayer a little further…the rosary, litanies, blessings and more |
Q11 |
Mary Miller |
Nov. 23 |
No session – Thanksgiving Holiday |
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Nov. 30 |
The Liturgical Year / Advent |
Q11 |
Jody Morhammer |
Dec. 7 |
Mary – in Catholic dogma, doctrine and tradition |
Q7 |
Deacon Mel Dunphy |
Dec. 14 |
Who is Jesus Christ? |
C10 |
Bill Walker |
Dec. 21 |
The Christmas Season |
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Ellen Leyendecker |
Dec 28 |
No session…Merry Christmas |
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Jan. 4 |
Christian Moral Living: The 10 Commandments |
C13&14 |
Jody Morhammer |
Jan. 11 |
Christian Moral Living: The Eight Beatitudes |
C15&16 |
Phil Coit |
Sun., Jan 16 |
Anointing of Catechumens at the 10:30am Mass |
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Jan. 18 |
The Seven Sacraments – an overview |
C1 |
Phil Coit |
Jan. 25 |
The Sacraments: Baptism |
C2 |
Rose Anne Moldovan |
Feb. 1 |
The Sacraments: Confirmation |
C3 |
Phil Coit |
Feb. 8 |
The Sacraments: Eucharist |
C4 |
Fr. Mike Lydon |
Feb. 15 |
The Sacraments: Marriage & Holy Orders |
C7&8 |
Deacon Mel Dunphy |
Feb. 22 |
The Sacraments: Reconciliation & Anointing of the Sick |
C5&6 |
Fr. George Varkey |
Feb. 28-Mar. 2 |
Parish Mission - No Tuesday Session |
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Mar.8 |
Saying Yes to Jesus: Preparing for the Rite of Election |
L2 |
Jody Morhammer |
Wed., Mar. 9 |
Ash Wednesday |
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Fri., Mar.11 |
5:00 pm Serve “Poor Man’s Dinner” & Stations of the Cross |
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Sun., Mar. 13 |
Rite of Sending @ 8:30 am Mass, brunch after Mass, & the Rite of Election @ St. Jude Cathedral in afternoon
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Date |
Session Focus |
Journey of Faith # |
Session Leader |
Mar. 15 |
Reflections on the Rite of Election / What is Lent? |
L1 |
Jody Morhammer |
Sat., Mar. 19 |
Penitential Rite for the Baptized @ 4 pm Mass |
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Mar. 22 |
Preparation for the 1st Scrutiny – Personal Sin |
L3 |
Jody Morhammer |
Sun., Mar. 27 |
1st Scrutiny @ 5 pm Mass |
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Mar. 29 |
Presentation of the Creed / Preparation for the 2nd Scrutiny – Social Sin |
L4 |
Deacon Mel & Jody Morhammer |
Sun., Apr. 3 |
2nd Scrutiny @ 10:30 am Mass |
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Apr. 5 |
Preparation for the 3rd Scrutiny – Hopelessness |
L5 |
Jody Morhammer |
Sat., Apr. 9 |
3rd Scrutiny @ 6 pm Mass |
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Apr. 12 |
Presentation of the Lord’s Prayer / Holy Week |
L6&7 |
Deacon Mel & Jody Morhammer |
Thurs, Apr. 14 |
Seder Supper 6:45pm
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Sat., Apr. 16 |
Retreat 8:30am – 2pm
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Apr. 19 |
Preparation for the Easter Vigil |
L8 |
Jody Morhammer |
Thurs, Apr. 21 |
Holy Thursday – Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7 pm
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Fri., Apr. 22 |
Good Friday – Living Stations 3pm, Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 7 pm
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Sat, Apr. 23 |
Holy Saturday 9 am Preparation Rites & Practice8:30 pm Easter Vigil Service : Celebration of Baptism, Confirmation & Eucharist |
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Date |
Session Focus |
Journey of Faith # |
Session Leader |
Apr. 26 |
Reflections on the Easter Vigil Service |
M1 |
RCIA Team |
May 3 |
Doubting Thomas – Touching the Risen Lord in our broken world |
M6 |
RCIA Team |
May 10 |
Professing our faith through “feeding His sheep” Social Justice |
C14 |
Mike Gregory |
May 17 |
Being “chosen in Christ” by baptism – checking out the gift |
M3 |
Rose Anne Moldovan |
May 24 |
“They will know we are Christians by our love.” – Our call to evangelization |
M8 |
Bill Walker |
May 31 |
Receiving God’s Light at Mass: The challenge of radiating the glow through the week |
M5 |
Barb Konrad |
June 7 |
Preparing to witness to the Spirit |
M7 |
RCIA Team |
Sun, June 12 |
Pentecost |
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