Course Description

Welcome parish RCIA leaders, coordinators and participants.  Using online tools, we support you in the doctrinal formation of your catechumens and candidates.


Setting the foundation for life-long conversion.

Our resource provides you with resources for an entire initiation process.  In addition to session outlines for inquiry, purification and mystagogia, it includes online video sessions for over nine-months of catechetical instruction, lenten purification and mystagogical catechesis.  Each session includes handouts for the participants and questions designed to help them follow Christ more deeply.  Instructor materials include presentation slides in both powerpoint and Apple Keynote.  Support materials are included for you and your sponsors.


Using field-tested resources.

All our resources have been used in actual RCIA settings.  The videos are taken from an actual RCIA process, with real-life catechumens and candidates in attendance.  You can use the videos for supplementing your process and delivering the content.  The curriculum is flexible, so you can use at as you see best for your participants.  It allows you to insure a complete and systematic overview of the teachings of the Church, rooted in Scripture, all the while calling participants to respond in holiness.


Making your life as a coordinator a little easier.

Our resources help you to:

– Learn the essential programatic and doctrinal points in process.
– Provide participants with a easy way to keep up  when they miss a session.
– To reach participants who cannot attend RCIA on the days your sessions are held.
– Have options for those who do not need a full process, such as previously catechized candidates.


Included is the following:

Inquiry
-16 Reflections based on St. Mark’s Gospel
-Meeting Outline
-Giving a Testimony
-Participant Assessment Forms

Catechumenate
-Online Video for every session
-Session Outlines
-Editable Powerpoint and Apple Keynote slides
-Session Support Material
‣Participant Worksheets
‣Small group questions
‣Prayer Suggestions
‣Links to Saint biographies
‣Sponsor support
-Participant Assessment Forms
-Weekly Scripture Reflections for Dismissal

Purification and Enlightenment
-Session Outlines
-Suggested Additional Resources

Mystagogia
-Session Outlines
-Suggested Additional Resources

Please note you will need to be able to open pdf and Word files to access our resources.


Thank you for visiting our website.  If we can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.  God bless you and all involved in your RCIA process.

Institute Director Eric Westby, PhD

Dr. Eric J. Westby is the Director of the Institute of Catholic Theology in Phoenix, Arizona. He is also the Director of Parish Catechesis at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, coordinating Christian initiation for adults, teens and children. He teaches theology for Franciscan University of Steubenville, specializing in the areas of foundational doctrine, evangelization and catechetics. Through his studies at the Maryvale Institute of Birmingham, England, he received his doctorate from Liverpool Hope University, with his thesis entitled "Equipping the Catechist of Catechists: A Critical Discussion of Seminary Formation in Light of Priestly Ministry in Catechesis." He holds a Masters of Arts degree in Theology and Christian Ministry from Franciscan University in Steubenville, from where he was the first student to complete the graduate specialization in catechetics. He holds a Certificate in Youth Ministry Studies from the Center for Ministry Development, and has been involved in full-time catechesis since 1988. He is a regular presenter at the summer St. John Bosco Catechetical Conference at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He has published articles in the Catholic University of America's International 'Journal of Evangelization and Catechetics'; in Franciscan University's 'Catechetical Review'; and in Emmaus Academic's In Speaking the Truth in Love: The Catechism and the New Evangelization. He has developed OCIA and youth ministry curricula, available through the Institute of Catholic Theology. Most importantly, he is husband to Nikki, is the father of five beautiful girls, has one son-in-law, and has one grandchild.

Course Curriculum

Available in the Course Dashboard after Registration

    1. The Process of Initiation and Our Curriculum Resources

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    1. Sample Inquiry Meeting Outline

    2. Inquiry Reflections and Meeting Content

    3. Giving a Testimony

    4. Interview Sheet before Starting Catechumenate

    1. Online Resources - Catechism, Bible, Saints

    2. Catechumenate Orientation - Handout

    3. Orientation - Video

    4. Sample RCIA Schedule

    1. Session 1 - Worksheet

    2. Session 1 - Catechism References

    3. Session 1 - Video

    4. Session 1 - Slides

    5. Session 1 - Peter Kreeft/God vs. Atheism

    6. Session 1 Featured Saint - St. Augustine of Hippo

    7. For Catechists: Session 1 – Session Outline

    8. For Catechists: Session 1 - Downloadable Slide Presentations

    1. Session 2 - Worksheet

    2. Session 2 - Chart/Catholic Understanding of Divine Revelation

    3. Session 2 - Handout/What Scripture says about Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium

    4. Session 2 - Catechism References

    5. Session 2 - Video

    6. Session 2 - Slides

    7. Session 2 Featured Saint - St. Thomas Aquinas

    8. For Catechists: Session 2 – Session Outline

    9. For Catechists: Session 2 - Downloadable Slide Presentations

    1. Session 3 - Worksheet

    2. Session 3 - Catechism References

    3. Session 3 - Video

    4. Session 3 - Slides

    5. Session 3 Featured Saint - St. Thomas the Apostle

    6. For Catechists: Session 3 – Session Outline

    7. For Catechists: Session 3 - Downloadable Slide Presentations

About this course

  • $25.00
  • 302 lessons
  • 35.5 hours of video content