OCIA/RCIA Coordinators’ Weekly Update 09/27/2024
Christian Initiation of Adults: Drawing Close to Jesus
September 27, 2024
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The first apostles came to follow Jesus in several ways. Jesus invited them personally, or they were invited to know Jesus by those closest to them. Who invited you to know Jesus?
For those of us baptized as infants, our family members may have taught how to grow close to Jesus. As adults we may feel the call to seek more out of life, we seek intentional meaningful relationships, including with God. We may be motivated to know Jesus because of the witness of faith or invitation of close friends, co-workers or spouses. No matter how or when we come to know Jesus, Jesus welcomes our encounter with him. Jesus waits patiently for us. Jesus desires a relationship with us.
Our Fall 2024 – Spring OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) begins on Monday, November 18, 2024, and concludes on Pentecost, June 8, 2025. The Sacraments of Initiation are celebrated at the Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 19. Sessions are scheduled on Monday evenings from 7 – 8:30 p.m., with breaks for holidays. Please reach out for more information.
Our OCIA members, who began their journey just after Easter, will be initiated on October 6 at the 11:15 a.m. Mass. This does not complete their “knowing Jesus,” since a relationship with Jesus is a life-long encounter. Please pray that they will continue to encounter Jesus through the Church, especially by regularly participating in the liturgy of praise and thanksgiving to God, the Eucharist.
Let us pray for our members who will be initiated on October 6 at the 11:15 a.m. Mass.
Completing Sacraments of Initiation: Confirmation, Communion
Kristina Kathleen Chapple
Mary Cheryl Deming DeMars
Nicholas Kirkpatrick
Alexander Moran
Valerie Otalora
Justin Guerra Pokorney
Regina Marie Rendon
Cesar Riano Rincon
Delaney Thomas
Completed September 14: Fabrizio Giovannini Filho
Preparing for Baptism, Confirmation and Communion
Whitney Barr
Cindy Bywaters
Kirk Kicklighter
Eileen Nguyen
Completed September 14: Angeli Carranza
Preparing to be received into the Catholic Church, Confirmation, Communion
Brooke Baran
William David Bywaters
Rachael Franko
Lynne Galante
Andrew Hass
Ryan Kain
Riley Malloy
Brittney Orman
Jason Smith
- Fr. Brett Williams and Ed Harasim, OCIA Coordinators
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