This podcast is an accessible dialogue on sound theology for people who are interested in knowing more about Catholicism. Interested people join practicing Catholics for an exploration of our relationship with God, our language, and our community. This search is called the Catechumenate. This series of podcasts corresponds with the Catechumenate for the 2009 liturgical year. Though the podcasts derive from one parish’s Catechumenate (St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Holladay, Utah), everyone who is interested in Christianity, especially from a Catholic perspective is a welcomed participant. Each podcast, and often a series of podcasts, link to an actual session at the parish. They extend the actual sessions’ theme and discussions.

The actual sessions cover a broad range of themes that relate to one of the four particular periods of the Catechumenate: 1) Evangelization, 2) Catechumenate, 3) Purification and Enlightenment, and 4) Mystagogy. Themes during the period of evangelization include: welcome, orientation, kerygma, ecclesiology, escatology, Tradition, prayer, revelation and discipleship. Themes for the period of the Catechumenate include: Advent, Mary, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Trinity, liturgy, sacraments and morality. Themes for the period of purification and enlightenment include: Lent, mercy, sin, Passover, gifts of the Holy Spirit, Triduum and resurrection. The podcasts supplement the parish sessions with related topics in order to extend the conversation and present more material in greater depth.

It is our sincere hope that Catholic Church Catechumenate podcast will serve those who “consciously and freely seek the living God and enter the way of faith and conversion as the Holy Spirit opens their hearts,” (RCIA, #1). This is our faith!