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Every student in a Catholic School is first and fore-
most called to become a disciple or student of Je-
sus Christ. In the first section, the stages of disciple-
ship were introduced: 1) choosing to follow Christ,
2) growing in the Christian life through mentorship,
and 3) actively engaging in mission. These stages
are not once and done, as they require a cyclical
process of growth and development. We will now
look at these three stages in more detail and how
they relate to our students.
How to Become a Disciple
For most of us, the Christian life begins when we
are baptized, shortly after birth. Adult converts, on
the other hand, can spend years thinking through
questions of faith, talking to family and f riends,
and receive a yearlong process of catechesis in the
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). It can be
tempting to think that receiving the sacraments of
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Forming Student
Disciples
