{"id":13,"date":"2011-08-17T22:13:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T05:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catechumenate-guyblog.org\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2020-09-05T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T18:15:08","slug":"who-is-catechumenate-guy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catechumenate-guyblog.org\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"Who is Catechumenate Guy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jerry Pare’<\/strong> was first introduced to the catechumenate while studying at the University of Notre Dame in the early ’80’s.\u00a0 I have been blessed to be able to do catechumenate ministry at various levels and in various denominations through the years.\u00a0 And I believe that the catechumenate has been a leaven for the church throughout her life.\u00a0 I spend a lot of time pondering “matters catechumenal” and want to share those reflections on these pages.\u00a0 Your reflections and comments will be appreciated in turn.<\/p>\n

More concretely:\u00a0 I was baptized as a Roman Catholic Christian infant and formed by Christian parents who took their baptismal covenant (even though they wouldn’t call it that) very seriously.\u00a0 I went to Mt. Angel Seminary in Oregon as a high school freshman and left after my sophomore year of college.\u00a0 I studied philosophy and history of religions at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC).\u00a0 Rather than return to the seminary as I planned, I married and moved to Southern California with my wife, Mary.\u00a0 I decided to continue in the area of theology with the hope of teaching at a college, seminary or university. \u00a0At one point I dreamed of returning to Mt. Angel as a lay theologian. \u00a0That would have been a disaster. \u00a0Theologically, I am too progressive to ever teach there. \u00a0I focused on Scripture during a Master’s program at Claremont School of Theology and moved on to the University of Notre Dame to study systematic theology.<\/p>\n

While at Notre Dame I was introduced to the catechumenate at our local parish.\u00a0 I enjoyed “adult education.”\u00a0 The catechumenate drew me in.\u00a0 After finishing studies at Notre Dame I became the first RCIA Director for the local Diocese of Ft Wayne-South Bend.\u00a0 I was also active in the North American Forum on the Catechumenate. \u00a0(That organization dissolved in 2013. \u00a0This was a loss for the Roman Catholic Church.) \u00a0After a few years I became the first Executive Director of the National Council for Catholic Evangelization.\u00a0 I ministered at the parochial level on a catechumenate team at our local parish in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Our daughter, Jacquelyn, was born in 1990. \u00a0 We moved back to the West Coast to be closer to our families. \u00a0I \u00a0joined a catechumenate team at our parish.\u00a0 Ironically, involvement in that team inspired my decision to cross over to the Episcopal branch of the Church.\u00a0 In 1995 I discovered that the Episcopal Church also has room for and rites for the catechumenate.\u00a0 I am currently Catechumenate Director at Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, California, a consultant for the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California and \u00a0a board member on the Journey to Baptismal Living (formerly North American Association for the Catechumenate)<\/p>\n

There are numerous stories associated with the above brief description of my journey.\u00a0 Some will emerge in the following reflections.<\/p>\n

Shalom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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