[pgkdan]

but then a new member approached me after Mass to inquire about the availability of classes to become Catholic and when they would begin. Wondering if she'd forgotten the announcement I reminded her what I had said about RCIA classes. She looked at me blankly. "Oh," I said, "Let me explain what I mean by RCIA."

Ok...so how did this 'new member' become Catholic w/o going through RCIA?

[Mrs. Don-o]

I think by "new member" Msgr. Pope meant "new church-attender" or "new pewsitter."

Obviously, if she was not yet a member of the Catholic Church, she was not. yet. a. member. of. the. Catholic. Church.