Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a process that prepares a person to be a member of the Church.
Consequently, the gradual unfolding of the process is to create Church.
To bring Christ to full stature in its members is to create Church.
To enable persons to carry out the mission of Christ is to create Church.
It can be said that the purpose of the process is to bring people to the full stature of Christ and so enable them to carry out the mission of Christ in the Church and in the world. The process has its purpose the creation of Church.
Lived and celebrated faithfully, the process not only add members to the Church, but also clearly affirms who the Church is.
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