Calendar
Order of Christian Initiation for Adults
Calendar for the Church Year 2022-2023
Meeting Time: Sundays, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
If you cannot attend our meetings on Sundays because of a disability or your work schedule, we will work out a meeting time and place with you.
The Word of God nourishes both the Evangelizers and those who are being evangelized so that each one may continue to grow in his or her Christian life. (National Directory for Catechesis [NDC] [Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005], no. 17)
Pre-Catechumenate Period
Part I: Faith and Doctrine
SUNDAY CYCLE, YEAR C
August 28, 2022 - Introduction to the OCIA and Chapter 1: Knowing and Desiring God
September 4, 2022 - Chapter 2: Revelation and Faith
September 11, 2022 - Chapter 3: Introduction to Prayer and Sacraments
September 18, 2022 – Chapter 4: The Most Holy Trinity - Catechetical Sunday
September 25, 2022 - Chapter 5: Creation and the Fall
October 2, 2022 - Chapter 6: Encountering Jesus in the Scriptures
October 9, 2022 - Chapter 7: Jesus Christ: True God and True Man
October 16, 2022 - Chapter 8: Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer
October 23, 2022 - Chapter 9: The Holy Spirit
October 31, 2022 - Chapter 10: The Church
November 1, 2022- Communion of Saints (All Saints Day) - Solemnity
November 2, 2022 - All Souls Day
November 6, 2022 - Chapter 11: The Blessed Virgin Mary and Communion of Saints
Catechumenate Period
Part II: Sacramental Life and Practice
November 13, 2022 - Chapter 12: Baptism and Confirmation
November 20, 2022 - Chapter 13: The Eucharist
Thursday, November 24, 2022 - Happy Thanksgiving
SUNDAY CYCLE, YEAR A
First Sunday of Advent
November 27, 2022 - No Meeting
Second Sunday of Advent
December 4, 2022 - Chapter 14: The Mass and Liturgical Prayer
Third Sunday of Advent
Rite of Acceptance and Welcoming at 9:00 a.m. Mass
December 11, 2022 - Chapter 16: Marriage
Part III: The Christian Moral Life
Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 18, 2022 - Chapter 17: Happiness and the Christian Moral Life
December 25, 2022 - The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) - No Meeting
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
January 1, 2023 - Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God - No Meeting
January 8, 2023 - Chapter 18: Law and the Ten Commandments
The Epiphany of Our Lord - Solemnity
January 15, 2023 - Chapter 19: The Life of Grace
The Baptism of Our Lord
January 22, 2023 - Chapter 20: Faith
January 29, 2023 - Chapter 21: The Virtue of Hope and Last Things
February 5, 2023 - Chapter 22: Love of God
February 12, 2023 - Chapter 23: Love of Neighbor
February 19, 2023 - Chapter 24: Prudence and Conscience and Discussion on Lent and Fasting
February 21, 2023--Mardi Gras
February 22, 2023 - Ash Wednesday
Period of Purification and Enlightenment
1st Sunday of Lent
Rite of Sending and the Rite of Election
February 26, 2023 - Chapter 15: Confession and Chapter 32: Frequent Confession
2nd Sunday of Lent
March 5, 2023 - Chapter 25: Justice
3rd Sunday of Lent
First Scrutiny
March 12, 2023 - Chapter 26: Temperance and Chastity
4th Sunday of Lent
Second Scrutiny
March 19, 2023 - Chapter 27: Living Our Catholic Teaching in a Secular Society
5th Sunday of Lent
Third Scrutiny
March 26, 2023 - Chapter 28: The Beatitudes and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
April 2, 2023 - Palm Sunday - Chapter 29: Priesthood and the Religious Life
April 8, 2023 - Holy Saturday
Practice in Church for the Easter Vigil Mass at 9:00 a.m.
Easter Vigil Mass (Please be in Church by 7:00 p.m.)
April 9, 2023 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Our Lord - No Meeting
Part IV: Mystagogy - Pillars of Catholic Living
April 16, 2023 - Divine Mercy Sunday - Chapter 30: Introduction to Mystagogy and Chapter 35: Mary, the Saints, and Devotions
April 23, 2023 - Chapter 31: Mental Prayer and other Forms of Praying
April 30, 2023 - Chapter 33: Holy Communion and Eucharistic Adoration
May 7, 2023 - Chapter 34: Sacred Study: Scripture and Spiritual Reading
May 14, 2023 - Mother's Day - No Meeting
May 18, 2023 - Ascension Thursday
May 21, 2023 - Chapter 34: Sacred Study: Scripture and Spiritual Reading
May 28, 2023 - Pentecost Sunday
Last Meeting/Chapter 36: Stewardship and Handing on the Faith
St. Catherine of Siena Parish, OCIA
For more information, call our Parish Office at (504) 835-9343. You may also call Kurt Garcia, the OCIA Coordinator, at (504) 957-7100 or email him at kurtgarciaRCIA@gmail.com. Peace.