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Why Be Catholic?
Questions are important. And seeking answers to life’s questions is essential to our happiness here in this life and in the life to come.
I invite everyone to come together, to seek answers to life’s fundamental questions. This gathering is for all who strive to find answers: people thinking about becoming Catholic, lifelong Catholics who want to deepen their faith, anyone and everyone!!!
We will examine the first question Jesus asks his disciples. In the first chapter of John’s Gospel Jesus asks Andrew and his fellow disciple, “What do you seek?” This is where we will begin our journey. Alongside Scripture and Tradition, we will also be using the video series, The Search, which is available free on the Formed.org website.Join us at 6:30 after the 5:15 Wednesday evening Mass and Meal in the Parish Hall.
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The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) outlines the steps for the formation of catechumens, bringing their conversion to the faith to a greater maturity. It helps them respond more deeply to God’s gracious initiative in their lives and prepares them for union with the Church community. This process is meant to form them into the fullness of the Christian life and to become disciples of Jesus, their teacher. This includes an initiation into the mystery of salvation, the practice of faith, hope, and love, and other virtues in a succession of liturgical rites.
Persons baptized into another Christian church and now seeking full communion with the Catholic Church are also welcomed to participate along with catechumens in the RCIA in the process of learning about the Catholic faith and being formed in that faith. They bring to the process of preparation their prior experience of Christian life and prayer. For a baptized Christian, reception into full communion with the Catholic Church involves reception of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation and then a Profession of Faith followed by the celebration of Confirmation and the Eucharist.
