tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16278999.post6423768978923202497..comments2023-04-27T05:31:50.020-06:00Comments on Is My Phylactery Showing?: Barque of Peter or Gilligan's Isle?Deacon Bill Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484509700642430451noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16278999.post-88728569121407479562006-12-16T09:54:00.000-07:002006-12-16T09:54:00.000-07:00Absolutely, Antonio. RCIA programs should set the ...Absolutely, Antonio. RCIA programs should set the proper tone (that is, not set people on a course of dissent, which too many seem to do), but new Catholics need to see their entrance as a beginning rather than an end. My wife and I have recently proposed having some kind of continuing education for new Catholics. Theology on Tap might work in some places, but it tends to filter out older Catholics. And, of course, the program is only as orthodox as the people who run it.Deacon Bill Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484509700642430451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16278999.post-28160236878336871382006-12-16T02:29:00.000-07:002006-12-16T02:29:00.000-07:00You can't depend on RCIA for your formation. You'v...You can't depend on RCIA for your formation. You've got to do your homework. Read the Catechism etc. Of course only a small number of people coming into the Church can do that. And that's the problem. In RCIA the emphasis is too much on personal experience with language such as "Faith Journey" than real, objective content. This is a problem across the board in Education these days and not just limited to Religious Ed. But this information is of the most vital character and therefore it is all the more dire when we get it wrong because in so doing we fail to pass on the Faith. And then the Culture wins (i.e. elements of our culture that are inimical to the Gospel).Antonio449https://www.blogger.com/profile/01917475431991195227noreply@blogger.com