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BAPTISM and RCIA

Documents
v Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us: A Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the United State, en espanol, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (November 17, 1999).
v The Sacrament of Baptism, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Section 2, Chapter 1, Article 1, paragraphs 1213-1284 (second edition, 1997).

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Articles

v The Fifty Days of Easter on Mystagogy by Dr. J. Michael McMahon, from FDLC Bulletin Inserts.en espanol
 v Emergency Baptism by Rev. Paul Turner, Published in Ministry and Liturgy (1997)
v Font by Rev. Paul Turner, Published in Ministry and Liturgy (1996)
v Easter and Baptism by Rev. Leonard M. Puech, O.F.M (1983)
v The Sacraments of Initiation and Christian Life by Rev. Frank C. Quinn, O.P., Published in Spirituality Today (March 1982)
v Lenten Customs: Baptism Is the Key by Rev. Lawrence E. Mick from American Catholic
v Baptism's Biblical Roots by Carolyn Thomas, S.C.N. from American Catholic
v The Sacrament of Baptism: Celebrating the Embrace of God by Sandra DeGidio, O.S.M. from American Catholic
v John the Baptist: Preparing the Way by Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, O.P. from American Catholic
v Baptism: First But Forever by Timothy J. Cronin from American Catholic

 

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Resources
v The North American Forum on the Catechumenate Newsletter
v RCIA: The Order of Christian Initiation for Adults by Rev. Gerard Chinchar, S.M., prepared for University of Dayton Campus Ministry.

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Recommended Reading
Kavanagh, Aidan. 1978. The Shape of Baptism: The Rite of Christian Initiation. New York: Pueblo.

Kavanagh, Aidan. 1995. "Unfinished and Unbegun Revisited: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults" in Living Water, Sealing Spirit: Readings on Christian Initiation. ed. Maxwell E. Johnson. Collegeville: Pueblo/Liturgical, 259-273.

McMahon, J. Michael. 1986, revised 2002. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: A Pastoral Commentary. Washington, D.C.: FDLC

Schillebeeckx, Edward. 1963. Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God. New York: Sheed and Ward.

Searle, Mark. 1995. "Infant Baptism Reconsidered" in Living Water, Sealing Spirit: Readings on Christian Initiation. ed. Maxwell E. Johnson. Collegeville: Pueblo/Liturgical, 365-409.

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