Catechumenate Office of the Archdiocese of Sydney is teaching an error

If the Catechumenate Office and that of Religious Education in the Archdiocese of Sydney  said that non Catholics need to convert into the Catholic Church according to Vatican Council II to avoid Hell, there would be an uproar from the secular newspapers.So they do not mention it.They do not even teach this in the RCIA course. Instead they will say a non Catholic in Sydney,Australia can be saved in invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire as if some Magisterial text makes this claim.

RCIA candidates are forced to accept this irrationality to be accepted as Roman Catholics in Australia.

Cathy Dennis, Catechumenate Director; Jeremy Ambrose, Schools' Catechumenate Officer, of the Archdiocese of Sydney ( cathy.dennis@sydneycatholic.org  catechumenate@sydneycatholic.org Tel : (02) 9390 5928 ) would not be willing to say that all Jews and Muslims in Sydney need to convert according to Vatican Council II (Ad Gentes  7) to go to Heaven and avoid the fires of Hell.Instead they will say there are known exceptions. As if they could name them.

Cathy Dennis will instruct catechumens who aspire to be Catholic that  Lumen Gentium 16 is an exception to Ad Gentes 7. Similarly, for her, the Catechism of the Catholic Church contradicts itself because she assumes the dead in Heaven are visible and so are known exceptions to AG 7.

These errors are being taught at the RCIA for political reasons or sincere naivete.Similar is the case with other departments and offices of the Archdiocese of Sydney, especially and sadly, the one for vocations.

-Lionel Andrades

 

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What is the Catechumenate and RCIA?
The Catechumenate is a process of Christian formation offered to those who seek to become members of the Catholic Church. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) refers to the liturgical rites belonging to the Catechumenate, and includes an adaptation for children.
The Catechumenate, also known simply as RCIA, is offered to those who have never been baptised, as well as to those who have been baptised.
The unbaptised who are suitably prepared are joyfully received into the Catholic Church by the reception of the three Sacraments of Initiation, namely Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist. The baptised who are suitably prepared are welcomed into full communion with the Catholic Church by the reception of the sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Eucharist.