RCIA Manual
     – Crossing the Threshold of Faith

Below are links to the RCIA Manual and to the individual segments (01/15/04).

Segments 1-21 (PDF 301K)
Includes the Introduction, How to use this RCIA Manual, Sequence of Themes,
Segments 1-21, and Misc. Notes.

Segment 1 (PDF 43K)
Theme: Human Search for God

Segment 2 (PDF 42K)
Theme: Revelation and Faith

Segment 3 (PDF 43K)
Theme: Creation

Segment 4 (PDF 46K)
Theme: Church–Body of Christ, People of God

Segment 5 (PDF 45K)
Theme: Sacred Scripture–God's Word Among Us

Segment 6 (PDF 14K)
Theme: The History of Salvation

Segment 7 (PDF 14K)
Theme: Jesus Christ–Word Made Flesh

Segment 8 (PDF 14K)
Theme: One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church

Segment 9 (PDF 16K)
Theme: "Last Things"   Judgment, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, Divine Mercy

Segment 10 (PDF 20K)
Theme: Sacraments —An Overview

Segment 11 (PDF 14K)
Theme: Sacraments of Initiation—Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist

Segment 12 (PDF 18K)
Theme: Eucharist—Source and Summit of the Christian Life

Segment 13 (PDF 18K)
Theme: Sacraments Of Healing – Reconciliation And Anointing, Sacraments Of Service – Holy Orders And Matrimony

Segment 14 (PDF 16K)
Theme: Ten Commandments – Christian Moral Life

Segment 15 (PDF 18K)
Theme: Building a Culture of Life and Social Justice

Segment 16 (PDF 18K)
Theme: Mary and the Communion of Saints

Segment 17 (PDF 16K)
Theme: The Liturgical Year, the Lectionary and The Liturgy of the Hours

Segment 18 (PDF 18K)
Theme: Church Tour, Sign of the Cross, Mass Responses, Creed

Segment 19 (PDF 15K)
Theme: Liturgy of the Word for the Sundays of Lent
NOTE: For Archbishop Edwin O'Brien's Lenten and Easter streaming video
messages please check the AMS Website in the weeks before and during Lent

Segment 20  (PDF 15K)
Theme: Liturgy of the Word for the Easter Vigil
NOTE: For Archbishop Edwin O'Brien's Lenten and Easter streaming video
messages please check the AMS Website in the weeks before and during Lent

Segment 21 (PDF 17K)
Theme: Mystagogy— Post-Baptismal Themes

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