It's nearly winter in South Africa, which means the opening of winter initiation schools is approaching. These rituals mark a transition to adulthood and are deeply ingrained culturally. But they're ...

It’s nearly winter in South Africa, which means the opening of winter initiation schools is approaching. These rituals mark a transition to adulthood and are deeply ingrained culturally. But they’re ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV earlier this month has led to a renewed interest in people searching for information on how to ...

In a compelling workshop presented to the middle school students of St. Patrick Catholic Classical School as part of their ...

Through this rite, it is also considered that the Christian is cleansed ... reception of the three "initiation" sacraments – baptism, the Eucharist and confirmation. Adult baptisms are ...

Confirmation and Holy Communion – to the adults who it said had completed the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Those set to be baptised hail from Albania, the United Kingdom, India ...

One of my OCIA directors said, more precisely, 'They have been waking up to God.'" OCIA is the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults, previously called the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, ...

The cathedral has three groups undergoing the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults the official Catholic process for joining the Church. “Anybody can come here and say, I would like to learn ...

Candidates, those baptized, and catechumens, those unbaptized, attend a series of classes learning about the faith, as part of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA). Previously known as ...

As of Ash Wednesday, RCIA, or the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is now officially called OCIA, or the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults. Like a singer switching up a stage name, the ...

The Archdiocese of Southwark reported for the second successive year that more than 450 adults had attended the Rite of Election liturgy, a key stage in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults ...

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, the program used to help people enter the Church, was changed on Ash Wednesday, March 5, to the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. But the change was ...