Ever thought about being Catholic?
The Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA) is the study of the Catholic Faith for adults seeking to enter into communion or full-visible communion with the Church of God founded by Jesus the Christ.
It is offered for adults in one of the three following situations:
- Un-baptized adults who desire to be baptized in the Catholic Church;
- Baptized non-Catholic Christians who desire to be formally admitted into full-visible communion with the Catholic Church;
- Baptized Catholics who have not yet been confirmed and desire to receive the sacrament of Confirmation.
We also welcome all parishioners to participate in these evenings of faith formation. It is a great opportunity to encounter the teachings of the Church community handed down to us from the apostles and allow the deposit of faith to be the deposit of our Christian life from which we drink in order to live as God's beloved sons and daughters with Jesus within the family of the Church.
2026-2027 OCIA Schedule
- September 14th: Introduction, Belief in God, and Human Reason
- September 21st: Trinity, God is Three, and God is One
- September 28th: The Church, Magisterium, Clergy, and Laity
- October 5th: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist
- October 19th: Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Viaticum, and Funerals
- October 26th: Marriage and Holy Orders
- November 2nd: The Sacred Liturgy and Sacramentals
- November 16th: The Liturgical Year, Sacred Objects, and a Church Tour
- November 23rd: The Divine Person of Jesus Christ
- November 30th: The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Rosary
- December 7th: The Universal Call to Holiness and the Saints
- December 21st: Christian Prayer
- January 18th: Sin, Grace, and Charity
- January 25th: The Ten Commandments
- February 15th: Biblical History and the Bible Timeline
- February 22nd: Church History
- March 1st: Diocese and Parish History
- March 15th: Evangelization, Works of Mercy, and Catholic Social Teaching
- March 22nd: Easter Vigil Practice
OCIA classes begins on September 14th 2026 in the parish center at 6:30PM, and the classes will last about one hour. You are invited! Come and see!
We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
