Calendar
Order of Christian Initiation for Adults
Calendar for the Church Year 2023-2024
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 A
August 27, 2023 - Introduction to the OCIA and Chapter 1: Knowing and Desiring God
September 3, 2023 - Chapter 2: Revelation and Faith
September 10, 2023 - Chapter 3: Introduction to Prayer and Sacraments
September 17, 2023 – Chapter 4: The Most Holy Trinity - Catechetical Sunday
September 24, 2023 - Chapter 5: Creation and the Fall
October 1, 2023 - Chapter 6: Encountering Jesus in the Scriptures
October 8, 2023 - Chapter 7: Jesus Christ: True God and True Man
October 15, 2023 - Chapter 8: Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer
October 22, 2023 -- Chapter 9: The Holy Spirit
October 29, 2023 - Chapter 10: The Church
November 1, 2023 - Communion of Saints (All Saints Day) - Solemnity
November 2, 2023 - All Souls' Day
November 5, 2023 - Chapter 11: The Blessed Virgin Mary and Communion of Saints
Catechumenate Period
Part II: Sacramental Life and Practice
November 12, 2023 - Chapter 12: Baptism and Confirmation
November 19, 2023 - Chapter 13: The Eucharist
Thursday, November 23, 2023 - Happy Thanksgiving
November 26, 2022 - No Meeting
SUNDAY CYCLE, YEAR B
First Sunday of Advent
December 3, 2023 - Chapter 14: The Mass and Liturgical Prayer
2nd Sunday of Advent
Rite of Acceptance and Welcoming at 9:00 a.m. Mass
December 10, 2023 - Chapter 16: Marriage
Part III: The Christian Moral Life
Third Sunday of Advent
December 17, 2023 - Chapter 17: Happiness and the Christian Moral Life
Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 24, 2023 - No Meeting
December 25, 2023 - The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
December 31, 2023 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph - No Meeting
January 1, 2024 - Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
The Epiphany of Our Lord - Solemnity
January 7, 2024 - Chapter 18: Law and the Ten Commandments
January 8, 2024 - The Baptism of Our Lord
January 14, 2024 - Chapter 19: The Life of Grace
January 21, 2024 - Chapter 20: Faith
January 28, 2024 - Chapter 21: The Virtue of Hope and Last Things
February 4, 2024 - Chapter 22: Love of God
February 11, 2024 - No Meeting
Period of Purification and Enlightenment
February 14, 2024 - Ash Wednesday
1st Sunday of Lent
Rite of Sending and the Rite of Election
February 18, 2024 - Chapter 23: Love of Neighbor
2nd Sunday of Lent
February 25, 2024 - Chapter 24: Prudence and Conscience and Discussion on Lent and Fasting
3rd Sunday of Lent
First Scrutiny
March 3, 2024 - Chapter 15: Confession and Chapter 32: Frequent Confession
4th Sunday of Lent
Second Scrutiny
March 10, 2024 - Chapter 25: Justice
5th Sunday of Lent
Third Scrutiny
March 17, 2024 - Chapter 26: Temperance and Chastity
Palm Sunday
March 24, 2024 - Chapter 29: Priesthood and the Religious Life
March 30, 2024 - Holy Saturday
Practice in Church for the Easter Vigil Mass at 10:00 a.m.
Easter Vigil Mass (Please be in Church by 7:00 p.m.)
March 31, 2024 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Our Lord - No Meeting
Part IV: Mystagogy - Pillars of Catholic Living
April 7, 2024 - Chapter 27: Living Our Catholic Teaching in a Secular Society
April 14, 2024 - Chapter 28: The Beatitudes and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
April 21, 2024 - Divine Mercy Sunday - Chapter 30: Introduction to Mystagogy and Chapter 35: Mary, the Saints, and Devotions
April 28, 2024 - Chapter 31: Mental Prayer and Other Forms of Praying
May 5, 2024 - Chapter 33: Holy Communion and Eucharistic Adoration and Chapter 34: Sacred Study: Scripture and Spiritual Reading
May 9, 2024 - Ascension Thursday
May 12, 2024 - Mother's Day - No Meeting
May 19, 2024 - 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.