This manual provides everything a pastor, director, or RCIA team needs to conduct days of retreat for four significant moments in the RCIA process. It contains tentative schedules, opening and closing prayer services, theological foundations and explanations, detailed instructions for each part of all four days - even pages of reflection and discussion questions that can be copied and distributed to each retreat day participant. The retreat models in this manual have been developed and tested in several parish settings and provide many helpful ideas for:
• Retreat Day 1: Preparing for the Rite of Becoming Catechumens.
• Retreat Day 2: Preparing for the Rite of Election.
• Retreat Day 3: Preparing for the Easter Vigil.
• Retreat Day 4: Preparing for the Feast of Pentecost.