This best-selling book has been a practical and spiritually enriching formational resource for years. Guide for Sponsors offers practical suggestions for accompanying another on a faith journey and explains the periods and stages of the Christian initiation process. Sponsors will become immersed in the rich theology of the sacrament of baptism and come to understand conversion as a lifelong process for all disciples. The book details the traits of an effective sponsor and provides a glossary of initiation terms and the text of traditional Catholic prayers. With this resource, sponsors in your faith community will be more confident as they walk with catechumens and candidates on the path to the sacraments.
This revised edition gives particular emphasis to the differences that exist between sponsoring a candidate and sponsoring a catechumen and includes references to the new translation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults.
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Fr. Ronald J. Lewinski was a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, was a leader in Christian initation. He had served as the director of the Office for Divine Worship for the Archdiocese of Chicago and as pastor of St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish, Mundelein, Illinois. He was a frequent speaker and author on liturgical and pastoral issues and is regarded as one of the pioneers in implementing the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults in the United States and internationally.
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