Published : 2020-06-30

For a Continuous Catechetical Process (Neo-)Catechumenal: A Begetting at any Age

Abstract

How can we deal with the double dimension of Christian initiation, which is both ended when it is “completed” and open to the future of Christian existence? In our postmodern era of fluidity and blurring of the ages of life, catechetical pastoral care is invited to transform itself by offering multiple entry doors for the preparation of the sacraments, since we can be baptized and receive the sacrament of confirmation at any age. This transformation is accomplished by making each sacramental journey and the whole of existence an unceasingly (neo-)catechumenal journey where the first-second kerygmatic announcement is each time repeated and deepened. It is so, because, according to an eschatological aim, the possible moments of spiritual maturity are numerous in life and the pedagogy of permanent initiation leads to a maturation never fully accomplished.

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initiation, catechumenate, ages, fluidity, life in the Spirit, maturity, maturation, joy of the Gospel, accompaniment, intergeneration, profession of faith, first announcement, second announcement, rites of passage, commitment, sacrament, baptism, confirmation, Eucharist



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Roczniki Teologiczne · ISSN 2353-7272 | eISSN 2543-5973 · DOI: 10.18290/rt
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