Liturgical Catechesis (RCIA) TRS 643MC

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  • Class: Liturgical Catechesis (RCIA) TRS 643MC
  • Professor: Margaret Schreiber, OP, D.Min, STD
  • Taken: Summer Semester 2015

Syllabus

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES TRS 643 MC Liturgical Catechesis (RCIA) Summer 2015 3 Credit Hours MCat Online (Blended) course

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Professor: Sr. Margaret Schreiber, OP, D.Min, STD Office: Caldwell 416 Phone: (202) 319-6503 Email: schreiber@cua.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION This blended online course examines the RCIA to develop a meaning of liturgical catechesis as preparation for sacramental rites and Mystagogy as catechesis that draws the sacramental participant into a deeper understanding of the mystery celebrated.

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS: The method of teaching in this class includes lectures, written assignments, participation through blogs or discussion board, submission of journal assignments, etc. There will be a one-week residence on campus.

COURSE READINGS:

• Journal articles/book chapters for class are posted in Blackboard. • CUA library database is a good source for downloading articles for research. If, after completing the Orientation assignment on using the library database, please contact the Theology librarian, Dustin Booher (booher@cua.edu ) for help.


LIBRARIES The CUA Libraries' wide range of resources and services, including databases, online journals, and FAQs are on the main web site. For assistance on papers and assignments, consult the research guides or schedule an appointment with a librarian in the Theology Library (third floor McMullen).

COURSE GOALS: 1. To understand the meaning of liturgical and mystagogical catechesis 2. To develop or deepen pastoral skills in developing a liturgical catechesis in preparation for the Easter Vigil and mystagogical catechesis following it.

STUDENT LEARNING GOALS: 1. Students will develop a working definition of liturgical catechesis (Module One) 2. Students will have a general understanding of the Apostolic Tradition and its impact on the development of the RCIA (Module Two) 3. Students will learn from Augustine the Role of the Catechist and apply their learning to their own experience and understanding of themselves as catechists (Module Two) 4. Students will understanding the RCIA as the model of all catechesis: a process of various stages (Module Three) 5. Students will have clarity about the purpose of the precatechumenate and catechumenate (Module Three) 6. Students will understand the spiritual purpose and focus of the Period of Purification and Enlightenment as a time of retreat and final preparation for initiation (Module Four) 7. Students will learn the importance of Holy Week with the catechumens and the faithful (Module Five) 8. Students will recognize the importance of Holy Saturday morning and afternoon as a final spiritual preparation for Initiation (Module Five) 9. Students will deepen their understanding of Easter as both a time of initiation and a time for the faithful to renew their baptismal promises (Module Six) 10. Students will engage with the symbols of the Easter Vigil in preparation for Mystagogical catechesis (Module Six) 11. Students will discover the importance of Mystagogy (Module Seven) 12. Students will understanding that mystagogical catechesis is an ongoing process of unpacking the mystery celebrated in the liturgical rites (Module Seven) 13. Students will discover the need for ongoing catechesis (Module Eight) 14. Students will realize that the context of Christian life is mystagogy (Module Eight)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS


1. Participation in online discussions (20% of final grade), blogs (10% of final grade), journals (10% of final grade).

2. Weekly readings (for Major Paper and Weekly Modules) and written assignments (20%)

3. Major Paper (18-20 pages) on Easter Vigil Symbol (40% of final grade):

Students will complete a Major Paper on one of the Easter Vigil symbols (Light, Water, or Oil) and make connections with the ritual gestures, texts, and scripture and then develop a liturgical catechesis in preparation for the Easter Vigil and a mystagogical catechesis following the celebration of the Vigil. Students will submit sections of the paper throughout the course. The last week of the course students are expected to put together the sections developed during the course and write an introduction and conclusion and then edit the paper so that the various parts fit together into a Major Paper of liturgical and mystagogical catechesis. Due: End of course

EXPECTATIONS AND POLICIES Academic honesty: Academic honesty is expected of all CUA students. Faculty are required to initiate the imposition of sanctions when they find violations of academic honesty, such as plagiarism, improper use of a student’s own work, cheating, and fabrication. The following sanctions are presented in the University procedures related to Student Academic Dishonesty (from http://policies.cua.edu/academicundergrad/integrityprocedures.cfm): “The presumed sanction for undergraduate students for academic dishonesty will be failure for the course. There may be circumstances, however, where, perhaps because of an undergraduate student’s past record, a more serious sanction, such as suspension or expulsion, would be appropriate. In the context of graduate studies, the expectations for academic honesty are greater, and therefore the presumed sanction for dishonesty is likely to be more severe, e.g., expulsion. ...In the more unusual case, mitigating circumstances may exist that would warrant a lesser sanction than the presumed sanction.” Please review the complete texts of the University policy and procedures regarding Student Academic Dishonesty, including requirements for appeals, at http://policies.cua.edu/academicundergrad/integrity.cfm and http://policies.cua.edu/academicundergrad/integrity.cfm. Accommodations for students with disabilities: Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the instructor privately to discuss specific needs. Please contact Disability Support Services (at 202 319-5211, room 207 Pryzbyla Center) to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. To read about the services and policies, please visit the website: http://disabilitysupport.cua.edu.


GRADING SCALE Where applicable, a point system will be used to determine the grades. All grades are computed according to the following scale:

A 95-100 A- 92-94 B+ 89-91 B 84-88 B- 81-83 C+ 78-80 C 74-77 C- 71-73 D 65-70 F 64-0


The CUA grading system is available at: http://policies.cua.edu/academicundergrad//gradesfull.cmf#II. Reports of course grades are available at the end of each term on http://cardinalstation.cua.edu.

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS

Whenever there is conflicting information in the syllabus and in Blackboard Modules – FOLLOW BLACKBOARD!

TIME DEADLINES POSTED IN BLACKBOARD ARE EASTERN TIME ZONE!


There are two Orientation Modules in Blackboard. The General Orientation is in each course and gives important information about the university and School of Theology and Religious Studies. Returning students may not find this as helpful as new students but it is a great resource when questions about the library, financial aid, technology services, etc. arise! Take a look! The second is a Course Orientation and is specific to this course (TRS 643MC). It is required! Please complete it before the course begins on June 1, 2015.

ORIENTATIONS May 24 – June 1 This week, please complete the General and Course Orientations module in Blackboard!


WEEKS AND MODULES Each week you need to click into the Major Paper and Readings for the Major Paper links. In addition you must click into the Weekly Modules. The course is set up to accomplish two goals simultaneously: the course content and the development of the major paper. Each week you have assignments regarding the paper and assignments related to the course content identified as a Module. Headings with “Week” refer to your Major Paper; headings with “Module” refer to the course content for that particular section of the course. Please let me know if you have any questions about this process.

MODULE 1: June 1 – June 7

Liturgical Catechesis: Defining and Describing It Readings for Module:

Required Posts:

  • Discussion Board
  • Journal Entry


MODULE 2: June 8 – June 14

The Ancient Catechumenate (Apostolic Tradition) and St. Augustine Readings for Module: • Apostolic Tradition, paragraphs 15-21. Online: http://www.bombaxo.com/hippolytus.html • Turner, Paul. “The Role of the Catechist: Augustine’s Catechizing Beginners,” Living Light 39 (Fall 2002) 17-23. Posted in Course Documents. • Augustine's "On Catechizing the Uninstructed" at http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1303.htm. Link is also in Course Documents. If the link does not work, "google" Augustine "On Catechizing the Uninstructed" and it should take you to the website. Required Posts: • Blog • Assignment – Role of Catechist • Plan ahead: Major Paper Assignment posted in Assignment link – due Tuesday, June 16 at 11:59 p.m.


MODULE 3: June 15 – June 21

RCIA: PreCatechumenate and Catechumenate


Readings for Module: Tufano, Victoria, ed. Celebrating the Rites of Adult Initiation: Pastoral Reflections. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1992. Please read the three chapters in Tufano's text posted in Course Documents: • Moudry, James. “Unfolding the Mystery of Christ: The Liturgy of the Word,” pp. 15-27. • Foley, Edward, “Minor Exorcisms,” pp. 29-39. • Main, Margaret, “Blessings of the Catechumens,” pp. 41-48. Readings for Major Paper: Posted in Blackboard • If your symbol is Light, read the gesture article on "Lighting" • If your symbol is Water, read the gesture article on "Baptismal Bathing" • If your symbol is Oil, read the gesture article on "Anointing" Required Posts: • Discussion Board • Assignment for Major Paper section on Symbol due: This Tuesday, June 16 at 11:59 p.m.

MODULE 4: June 22 – June 28 RCIA: Period of Purification and Enlightenment Readings for Module: Tufano, Victoria, ed. Celebrating the Rites of Adult Initiation: Pastoral Reflections. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1992. Posted in Course Documents: • Francis, Mark. “To Worship God in Spirit and in Truth: First Scrutiny,” 63-72. • Joncas, Michael. “I Once Was Blind and Now I See: Second Scrutiny,” 83-92. • Ferrone, Rita. “Lazarus, Come Out! Third Scrutiny,” 105-114. • Lacugna, Catherine. “Presentation of the Creed,” 73-82. • ----“Presentation of the Lord’s Prayer,” 93-104.

Readings for Major Paper: Ritual Text link is in Blackboard. • Read the Ritual texts for the Easter Vigil. Find the texts that directly relate to your symbol. What is the connection? Do the prayer texts and rubrics (directions in red), symbol, and gesture complement each other or are there some disconnects? What is the meaning of the symbol and gestures that comes from the texts. • Look up the scripture readings for the Vigil. Which scripture passages make a good connection to the symbol and gestures? How do the scripture readings complement the symbol and gesture?

Required Posts: • Blog • Assignment: Major Paper section on Gestures: due Friday June 26 at 11:59 p.m.

MODULE 5: June 29 – July 5

RESIDENCY (June 29- July 2)

RCIA: Holy Week and Triduum

Readings for Module: Posted in Course Documents • McGuire, Anne. “Holy Week and the Paschal Mystery.” Liturgical Ministry 13 (Summer 2004): 119-127. • Kelly, Donna. “Holy Thursday: Triduum Inaugural.” Liturgical Ministry 13 (Summer 2004): 134-141. Required Post: • Assignment: Major Paper on Ritual Texts. Due Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 11:59 p.m.

MODULE 6: July 6 – July 12 Christian Initiation: The Easter Vigil Readings: Posted in Course Documents • Donnelly, Doris. “Easter Vigil: Keep Watch.” Liturgical Ministry 13 (Summer 2004): 150-151. • Witczak, Michael. “Baptismal Imagery: The Meeting of Two Worlds.” Liturgy Ministry 8 (Winter 1999): 22-30. • Watch the Easter Vigil on YouTube. Pay particular attention to the beginning rites and then the blessing of water and baptismal rites and scripture readings. Feel free to skip the Exultet, General Intercessions, Preparation of the Gifts, Eucharistic Prayer, and closing rites. What critique can you make of the various parts of baptism: baptismal bathing, the use of chrism, presentation of the candle? Did the symbols, words and gestures flow with the words of the texts? What critique can you make regarding the participants/ godparents? How were the rites for the candidates for Confirmation (those not baptized) handled? What would you do differently and what would you incorporate / like to incorporate into your parish experience. Major Paper: - Plan a Liturgical Catechesis on the Easter Vigil Symbol in preparation for the Easter Vigil. For details see: Week Six and Seven under Major Paper Link. A plan for this liturgical catechesis is due Fri., July 17 at 1:59 p.m. Required Posts: • Blog


MODULE 7 July 13 – July 19

Mystagogy: A Seven-Week Welcome! Readings: Posted in Course Documents: • Dooley, Catherine. “From the Visible to the Invisible: Mystagogy in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.” The Living Light 31 (1995): 29-35. • ______________. “ Mystagogy: a Model for Sacramental Catechesis,” in Candles Are Burning: 59-69. Eds. Gray, Heaton, Sullivan. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995. • Dooley, Catherine. “From the Visible to the Invisible: Mystagogy in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.” The Living Light 31 (1995): 29-35. • ______________. “ Mystagogy: a Model for Sacramental Catechesis,” in Candles Are Burning: 59-69. Eds. Gray, Heaton, Sullivan. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995. Required Post: • Journal Entry: • Assignment: Major Paper section on liturgical catechesis due: Friday, July 17 at 11:59 p.m. • See Questions in Module 7 or in the Major Paper and Major Reading link for developing a plan for a liturgical Catechesis on the Easter Vigil Symbol

MODULE 8 July 20 – July 26 Liturgical Catechesis: A Journey that Never Ends Required Post: • Discussion Board • Assignment: Plan the mystagogical catechesis for the symbol. (See Blackboard for details) • Final version of the Major Paper due Sunday, June 26 at 11:59 p.m. Post in the Assignment Link.


  SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alexander, Neil. “Embracing the Elusive: Capturing Mystery and Liturgical History,” Liturgical Ministry 8 (Summer 1999): 113-122.

Brancatelli, Robert. “Religiosidad Popular as a Form of Liturgical Catechesis.” Worship 77 (2003): 210-224.

Chauvet, Louis-Marie. The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body. Trans. Madeleine Beaumont. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2001. Clarahan, Mary Ann. “Liturgical Catechesis for the Rite of Anointing”. Living Light 31(Summer 1995): 58-69.

________________. “Mystagogy and Mystery.” Worship 83/6 (November 2009): 502-23.

Collins, Mary. “Festivals of Reconciliation.” In The Echo Within: Emerging Issues in Religious Education, eds. C. Dooley-M. Collins, 71-86. Allen, TX: Thomas More, 1997. 

Dallen, James.  The Dilemma of Priestless Sundays.  Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1994.

Dooley, Catherine. “Celebrating the Word of Forgiveness! Using the 4th Form of the Rite of Penance.” Liturgical Catechesis 6 n.2 (2003): 9-11.

_______________. “Baptismal Catechumenate: Model for All Catechesis.” Louvain Studies 23 (1998): 114-123.

______________. “The General Directory for Catechesis and the Catechism: Focus on Evangelizing.” Origins 28 n.3 (4 June 1998): 34-39.

______________. “Evangelization and Catechesis: Partners in a New Millennium.” In The Echo Within: 145-159. Eds. C. Dooley–M. Collins. Allan, TX: Thomas More, 1997.

______________. “From the Visible to the Invisible: Mystagogy in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.” The Living Light 31 (1995): 29-35.

______________. “Lex orandi, lex credendi: Implications for Catechesis,” in Catechetical Scholars III: Perspectives on Evangelization and Catechesis, 79-85. Edited by Diana Dudoit Raiche. Washington D.C.: National Catholic Educational Association, 2005.

______________. “ Mystagogy: a Model for Sacramental Catechesis,” in Candles Are Burning: 59-69. Eds. Gray, Heaton, Sullivan. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995.

______________. “Liturgical Catechesis: Mystagogy, Marriage or Misnomer”. Worship 66 (1992): 386-92. _____________. “The Use and Misuse of Lectionary Catechesis for Children.” Living Light 27 (Spring 1991): 218-224.

______________. “The Sign of the Cross.” In Liturgy (Central Symbols) 7 (1987): 61-65.

Driscoll, Michael. “Symbol, Mystery, and Catechesis: Toward a Mystagogical Approach.” Liturgical Ministry 7 (1998): 67-75.

Gallagher, Michael Paul. Clashing Symbols: An Introduction to Faith and Culture. Revised edition. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2003. Hibbard, John. “Sunday Worship in the Absence of Eucharist,” in Traditions and Transitions, 92-109. Eds. Eleanor Bernstein and Martin Connell. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1998. Jackson, Pamela. “Ambrose of Milan as Mystagogue.” Augustinian Studies 20 (1989): 93-107. Jackson, Pamela. “Cyril of Jerusalem’s Use of Scripture in Catechesis.” Theological Studies 52 (1991): 431-450. Mazza, Enrico. Mystagogy: A Theology of Liturgy in the Patristic Age. Trans. Matthew O’Connell. New York: Pueblo, 1989. Mitchell, Nathan. Liturgy and the Social Sciences. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1999. (This is a good resource for a review of 20th century approaches to ritual studies). Nocent, Adrien. “Liturgical Catechesis of the Christian Year.” Worship 51 (1977): 496-504.

O’Brien, Scott. “O Marvelous Exchange: A Consideration for Eucharistic Catechesis.” Liturgical Ministry 10 (2001): 23-30.

Ostdiek, Gilbert. “Catechesis, Liturgical.” in NDSW, 163-72.

_____________. “Liturgy as Catechesis for Life.” The Living Light 37 (Summer 2001): 45-54.

Power, David. “The Word in the Liturgy: Incarnating the Gospel in Cultures,” 47-61in Sacraments: Revelation of the Humanity of God. Eds. Philippe Bordeyne and Bruce Morrill. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2008.

____________. Sacrament: The Language of God’s Giving, Crossroads, New York 1999.

Satterlee, Craig. Ambrose of Milan’s Method of Mystagogical Preaching. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2002.

Searle, Mark with intro. by Margaret Mary Kelleher. “Introduction to Images and Worship,” in Vision: the Scholarly Contributions of Mark Searle to Liturgical Renewal: 123-136. Koester, Anne and Barbara Searle, eds. Collegeville: the Liturgical Press, 2004. Turner, Paul. “The Role of the Catechist: Augustine’s Catechizing Beginners,” Living Light 39 (Fall 2002) 17-23. CHURCH DOCUMENTS

The National Directory for Catechesis. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005 General Directory for Catechesis. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1997. Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource. Fourth edition. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2004. Catechism of the Catholic Church. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1994. DICTIONARIES

Komonchak, Joseph, Mary Collins, and Dermot A. Lane, eds. The New Dictionary of Theology. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1987. Fink, Peter, ed. The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1990 Dwyer, Judith, ed. The New Dictionary of Social Thought. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1994. Downey, Michael, ed. The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993.

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