Well, maybe the post-Vatican II catechemunal rites can serve as a general outline for crafting a traditional Catholic catechumenate process, but only as a general outline --- in specific details it would have to be changed a great deal so it would have a strong Catholic ethos. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Teaching adult catechumenate, I know that it is common for people raised Roman Catholic and people raised Anglican to react with surprise to instruction about the Trinity. ❋ Unknown (2005)
These two rites really begin the catechumenate or period of instruction in the faith and discipline of the church. ❋ Various (N/A)
About the year 300, those desirous of being baptized were (a) admitted to the catechumenate, giving in their names to the bishop. (b) They were subjected to a scrutiny and prepared, as to-day in the western churches the young are prepared for confirmation. ❋ Various (N/A)
In some churches they had worn cowls during the catechumenate, in sign of repentance of their sins. (j) ❋ Various (N/A)
By the end of the second century we find the catechumenate in force in all its main lines. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
There are other signs of early date: the simplicity of the baptismal rite, which is apparently neither preceded by exorcisms nor by formal admission to the catechumenate; the simplicity of the Eucharist, in comparison with the elaborate quasi-Eucharistic prayer in Clem., ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
It is not necessary to quote further author ities for the third and fourth centuries, the age in which the catechumenate flourished in its full form. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Jesuit Fathers conduct the Leo XIII High School for boys, with an average daily attendance of 380, an orphanage with 16 orphans; a catechumenate with 5 catechumens, a printing office; an industrial school. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
In the early ages the rites of admission to the catechumenate were quite simple, but in the course of time they became more elaborate. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
School, attendance 7; a technical School, attendance 29; an orphanage with 56 orphans; a catechumenate, attendance 21, and a dispensary for the benefit of the poor. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
When addressing a mere inquirer they would naturally be more guarded and less explicit than if they had to do with one who had passed through the catechumenate. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
In each centre there is a school, and in many of the dependent stations there is catechumenate under the immediate supervision of local catechists and the elders of the respective communities. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
But the causes which ultimately led to the abolition of the catechumenate (see above) tended also to shorten it. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Poor, in Secunderabad, a dispensary in Raichur; a catechumenate, and ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
School with catechumenate at Maryabad, with seventy-five children, and a lunatic asylum for females at Lahore. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The ancient catechumenate exists only in a few rites; the ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Hence the institution of the catechumenate and the Discipline of the Secret. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Sacred Heart, Dalhousie, with forty-six pupils; and St. Vincent's convent dispensary, school, and catechumenate at Khushpur — two under the Franciscan Nuns of the Propagation of the Faith, namely, Convent ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
As soon as he had given proof of his knowledge and fitness he was admitted to the catechumenate proper, and was further instructed. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
