Have you ever thought about becoming Catholic or what it even means to be Catholic?
Becoming a Christian or professing one’s faith as a Catholic, the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA, may be for you.
RCIA is the Church's ritual process for calling adults to conversion and preparing them for Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. The process involves five stages: a period of inquiry, when inquirers learn answers to basic questions about the Church, its beliefs and practices; a period of catechumenate, when the inquirers experience the Church as community with the help of a sponsor; the period of purification and enlightenment, when those preparing for initiation into the Church experience their final preparation for the Sacraments; the actual reception of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist; and a period of mystagogy, or 50 days of unfolding the Easter mystery and considering how to share in the mission of the Church.
Please contact our parish Director of Religious Education for more information about the RCIA program.