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.