Order of Christian Initiation for Adults

Calendar for the Church Year 2024-2025

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 B

September 1, 2024 - Introduction to the OCIA and Chapter 1:  Knowing and Desiring God

September 8, 2024 - Chapter 2: Revelation and Faith

September 15, 2024 - Chapter 3: Introduction to Prayer and Sacraments

September 22, 2024 – Chapter 4: The Most Holy Trinity - Catechetical Sunday

September 29, 2024 - Chapter 5: Creation and the Fall

October 6, 2024 - Chapter 6: Encountering Jesus in the Scriptures

October 13, 2024 - Chapter 7: Jesus Christ: True God and True Man

October 20, 2024 - Chapter 8: Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer

October 27, 2024 -- Chapter 9: The Holy Spirit

November 1, 2024 - Communion of Saints (All Saints Day) - Solemnity

November 2, 2024 - All Souls' Day

November 3, 2024 - Chapter 10: The Church

Catechumenate Period

Part II: Sacramental Life and Practice

November 10, 2024 - Chapter 11: The Blessed Virgin Mary and Communion of Saints

November 17, 2024 - Chapter 12: Baptism and Confirmation

November 24, 2024 - Chapter 13: The Eucharist

Thursday, November 28, 2024 - Happy Thanksgiving

SUNDAY CYCLE, YEAR C

First Sunday of Advent

December 1, 2024 - Chapter 14: The Mass and Liturgical Prayer

2nd Sunday of Advent

Rite of Acceptance and Welcoming at  9:00 a.m. Mass

December 8, 2024 - Chapter 15: Confession

Part III: The Christian Moral Life

Third Sunday of Advent

December 15, 2024 - Chapter 16: Marriage

Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 22, 2024 -  Chapter 17: Happiness and the Christian Moral Life

December 25, 2024 - The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)

December 29, 2024 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph - No Meeting

January 1, 2025 - Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

The Epiphany of Our Lord - Solemnity

January 5, 2025 - Chapter 18: Law and the Ten Commandments

January 8, 2025 - The Baptism of Our Lord

January 12, 2025 - Chapter 19: The Life of Grace

January 19, 2025 - Chapter 20: Faith

January 26, 2025 - Chapter 21: The Virtue of Hope and Last Things

February 2, 2025 - Chapter 22: Love of God

February 9, 2025 - The Life of St. Catherine of Siena

February 16, 2025 -  Chapter 23: Love of Neighbor

February 23, 2025 - Chapter 24: Prudence and Conscience

March 2, 2025 - Chapter 25: Justice

Period of Purification and Enlightenment

March 5, 2025 -Ash Wednesday

1st Sunday of Lent
Rite of Sending and the Rite of Election

March 9, 2025 - Chapter 26: Temperance and Chastity

(Please arrive at St. Dominic Church, 775 Harrison Avenue, New Orleans, LA, no later than 2:30 P.M.)

2nd Sunday of Lent

March 16, 2025 - Chapter 27: Living Our Catholic Teaching in a Secular Society

3rd Sunday of Lent

First Scrutiny

March 23, 2025 - Chapter 28: The Beatitudes and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

4th Sunday of Lent

Second Scrutiny

March 30, 2025 - Chapter 29: Priesthood and the Religious Life

5th Sunday of Lent

Third Scrutiny

April 6, 2025 - Chapter 32: Frequent Confession

Palm Sunday

April 13, 2025 - Review of Holy Week

April 19, 2025 - Holy Saturday

Practice for the OCIA Community, including godparents and sponsors, in the Church for the
Easter Vigil Mass at 11:00 a.m.

Easter Vigil Mass (Please be in Church by 7:00 p.m.)

April 20, 2025 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Our Lord - No Meeting

Part IV: Mystagogy - Pillars of Catholic Living

Divine Mercy Sunday

April 27, 2025 - Chapter 30: Introduction to Mystagogy

May 4, 2025 - Chapter 31: Mental Prayer

May 11, 2025 - Mother's Day - No Meeting

May 18, 2025 - Chapter 33: Holy Communion and Eucharistic Adoration

May 25, 2025 - Chapter 34: Sacred Study: Scripture and Spiritual Reading

May 29, 2025 - Ascension of Our Lord Thursday

June 1, 2025 - Chapter 35: Mary, the Saints, and Devotions

June 8, 2025 - 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.