Workshop 11
Enter the Adventure
Bishop Robert Barron – Doctor of Sacred Theology
WEEK 21:
1. Enter the Adventure
Objective: Teachers will be aware of the dangers to the youth in our present age.
• Cultural initiations
• Encouragement of permanent adolescence
• The Church's teachings on one's relationship to the community.
WORKSHOP 11 OUTPUT
Workshop to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting. 80% of all worksheets and outputs are necessary for completion of program.
How did you previously see your role as a baptized person? What did you think was your greatest calling in life? Do the messages of today oppose the traditional Christian call to give up your life for others? Are you ready to go to battle with the false ideas of the post-Christian world?
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Write a short essay on the Christian's role in today's society.
The Library
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Catechism of the Catholic Church Christian Initiation 1229 From the time of the apostles, becoming a Christian has been accomplished by a journey and initiation in several stages. This journey can be covered rapidly or slowly, but certain essential elements will always have to be present: proclamation of the Word, acceptance of the Gospel entailing conversion, profession of faith, Baptism itself, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and admission to Eucharistic communion. 1230 This initiation has varied greatly through the centuries according to circumstances. In the first centuries of the Church, Christian initiation saw considerable development. A long period of catechumenate included a series of preparatory rites, which were liturgical landmarks along the path of catechumenal preparation and culminated in the celebration of the sacraments of Christian initiation. 1231 Where infant Baptism has become the form in which this sacrament is usually celebrated, it has become a single act encapsulating the preparatory stages of Christian initiation in a very abridged way. By its very nature infant Baptism requires a post-baptismal catechumenate. Not only is there a need for instruction after Baptism, but also for the necessary flowering of baptismal grace in personal growth. The catechism has its proper place here.