Wading Deeper

Wading Deeper is the annual summer workshop to engage catechumenate ministers in a deeper immersion in the vision, method, and ministry requires by the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults for parish and diocesan ministry. It is cosponsored by the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois and the Diocese of Belleville. Credit is granted in the catechist certification process by each diocese.

29-30 July 2011

Father Michael Clay will be the presenter for Wading Deeper 2011. He is a priest of the Diocese of Raleigh and a team member with the North American Forum on the Catechumenate. His book, Harvest for God Christian Initiation in Rural and the Small-Town Parish, published by Liturgy Training Publications, offers practical, step-by-step insights into implementing the catechumenate in a way that is faithful to the rite.

He will address the theology and the pastoral implications of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, and Reception into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church.

Registration information will be posted here when it is ready.

HISTORY OF WADING DEEPER

1997 – Mary Birmingham – Catechumenal Catechesis

1998 – Rev. Michael Clay and Joanna Case – Initiation in a Small Town Context

1999 – Sr. Sheila O'Dea – Assembly's Role in Initiation

2000 – Rita Ferrone – Sending, Election, and Rites of Lent

2001 – Rev. Paul Turner – The Easter Vigil

2002 – Rev. Rick Conway – Mystagogy Deepening the Grasp of the Paschal Mystery

2003 – Diocesan Jubilee – no workshop

2004 – Rita Ferrone and Rev. Paul Turner – Pastoral Care with Baptized Christians

2005 – Eliot Kapitan – Lectionary and Sacramentary Based Catechesis

2006 – Anne Koester and Steven Janco – Reclaiming the Power of Sunday Eucharist Forming Assemblies for Worship

2007 – Jerry Galipeau and Rev. Tim Piasecki – Christian Initiation Celebrating the Rites Right

2008 – no workshop

2009 – Todd Williamson – The Power of the Rites Bringing Us to the Full Stature in Christ

2010 – Sr. Donna Steffen, SC – Discernment Conversion's Partner in Christian Initiation