How To Use Catechumen In A Sentence
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Upon discovering that I was a catechumen, they asked me why I was converting, * so I began by saying, "A few years ago, I went looking for the Church.
Archive 2008-04-01
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In some cases, the leaders themselves were catechumens, that is, people preparing for baptism.
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The person wanting to be baptised is called a catechumen and those seeking the other sacraments are called candidates for eucharist and confirmation.
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Not improbably St. Paul's injunction was so interpreted that any synaxis of the faithful where there was reading of the Scriptures terminated in a salute of this kind, and it is even possible that the appearance of the kiss in certain liturgies at the Mass of Catechumens is due to the same cause.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
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And the Song of Songs puts me in mind of an embarrassing incident that occurred a few years back when I was still a catechumen.
2008 Lenten Read-a-Thon Day 16
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A catechumen of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, Bui Thanh Hieu, who writes under the pen name Nguoi Buon Gio, which means “Wind Trader” has been arrested and detained for criticising the Vietnamese government's distortion of the Pope's speech to the Vietnamese Bishops at their Ad Limina visit.
Solidarity with Vietnamese blogger
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And the reality of original sin and the necessity of baptism is the very first fact catechumens need to encounter.
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In present-day usage the words chrismal and chrismatory are taken indiscriminately and almost universally to refer to the vessels that are employed to hold the oils that are solemnly consecrated by the bishop on Holy Thursday, viz., oil of catechumens, oil of the sick, and chrism.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
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More than that of the unprepared participant, is not the longing of the catechumen, when baptized and fed, more fully satisfied and yet more prepared for the long journey of continuing desire that is the Christian life?
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The priest made the sign of the Cross on her forehead, saying: ‘You will now receive the sign of your new way of life as a catechumen.’
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Unlike the Saint Benedict Center, he is open to the possibility that a catechumen who desires baptism but who dies before being baptized might be saved through what is commonly called ‘baptism of desire.’
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It is guarded thus because the custom is that the people, both faithful and catechumens, come one by one and, bowing down at the table, kiss the sacred wood and pass through.
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I'm a catechumen eagerly seeking baptism, but my parents (HIndus, who emigrated from India in the 70s) are strongly opposed.
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The teachers served to initiate the catechumens through different stages, until the hearer was adept enough to be entrusted with the mysteries of the faith.
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[Sidenote: Review of the ceremonies of the mass.] [Sidenote: Mass of the catechumens, ambones, sermons.]
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
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Thousands of animists joined the Church in 2000 and 1000 adult catechumens are scheduled to be received this Easter.
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In the early Church, catechumens were received at the great vigil of Easter, beginning on Saturday evening where the creed was ‘handed over.’
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In many Christian faith communities, this occurs after a person has gone through the catechumen or baptismal classes to learn the basic of their beliefs.
Archive 2010-03-01
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The group of catechumens was baptized after a few days in prison, and-though it may seem hard to believe-looked forward to their martyrdom.
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After his father's death he was sent to study rhetoric at Alexandria, being yet a catechumen , as it was the custom in Pisidia to delay baptism until a beard should appear.
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Any kind of water may serve as the matter of the sacrament, and the water is used to baptize the catechumen "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
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The sermon ended; the catechumens were dismissed, the church-doors closed and barred.
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1259 For catechumens who die before their Baptism, their explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for their sins, and charity, assures them the salvation that they were not able to receive through the sacrament.
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This was my second year attending, but last year I was a catechumen.
Wyoming Youth Retreat 2007
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VietCatholic news: Pope's speech distorted, catechumen, dissident bloggers arrested
Solidarity with Vietnamese blogger
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Ambrose expected those who wished to be baptized to announce their intention at the beginning of Lent and then to participate in instruction as catechumens throughout the season of Lent.
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Forty days: time for catechumens to prepare for baptism.
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After this St. Germanus proceeded to Britain, and there encouraged his converts to meet the heathen Picts at Maes Garmon, in Flintshire, where the exulting shout of the white-robed catechumens turned to flight the wild superstitious savages of the north – and the Hallelujah victory was gained without a drop of bloodshed.
A Book of Golden Deeds
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God, but "one to another" -- a practice not favored by English catechumens -- (by the way, what _do_ you all mean by "auricular" confession -- confession that can be heard? and is the Protestant pleasanter form one that can't be?) (9.)
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
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He then proceeds with the mass, during which the balsam is brought in, and also the oil for the chrism and that for the catechumens, by two deacons.
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