August 29, 2008

Workshops explain RCIA process and liturgy for parish volunteers

Veronica Arias, a member of St. Mary Parish in Indianapolis, serves as a lector during the Indianapolis East Deanery Mass honoring St. Theodora Guérin on May 23, 2006, at Holy Spirit Church in Indianapolis. (File photo by Mary Ann Wyand)

Veronica Arias, a member of St. Mary Parish in Indianapolis, serves as a lector during the Indianapolis East Deanery Mass honoring St. Theodora Guérin on May 23, 2006, at Holy Spirit Church in Indianapolis. (File photo by Mary Ann Wyand)

The archdiocesan Initiation Committee is sponsoring three workshops to help those involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults understand the RCIA process more fully.

The workshops are scheduled from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 8 at Holy Family Parish, Main Street, in Oldenburg as well as on Sept. 22 at St. Margaret Mary Parish, 2405 S. Seventh St., in Terre Haute, and on Oct. 13 at St. Mark the Evangelist Parish, 535 E. Edgewood Ave., in Indianapolis.

A conference for parish cantors sponsored by the archdiocesan Liturgical Music Commission will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 20 at St. Bartholomew Parish, 1306 27th St., in Columbus.

A series of five workshops sponsored by the archdiocesan Office of Worship that will help Catholics understand liturgy more fully will take place from 6:15 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis on Oct. 2, Oct. 9, Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and Nov. 13.

Topics that will be explored during the workshops include liturgical renewal, preparing for liturgy, celebrating times and seasons, celebrating the Liturgy of the Word and celebrating the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

For more information about any of the workshops, contact the archdiocesan Office of Worship at 317-236-1483, 800-382-9836, ext. 1483, or by e-mail at ctuley@archindy.org. †

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