How does RCIA work?
It is a process not a program. Initiation is an ongoing experience intended to help individuals understand Jesus’ personal call to them and how best they can respond to that call throughout their life within the context of the tradition of the Catholic Church. RCIA is viewed as formation not information. While providing initiates with necessary information so as to come responsibly into communion with the Catholic community, this process focuses primarily on the formation of the heart and on how to use the scriptures and the church tradition to both discern the call of Christ in one’s life and the means to generously respond to that call. The RCIA process is communal not individual. The formation process takes place within the context of the community itself. Initiates pray with the community and are prayerfully supported by it; they reflect on the Catholic faith within the context of the community, and they are given the opportunity to experience how the members of this community live
