{"id":75,"date":"2020-10-20T09:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.diocesanweb.org\/church\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2024-12-19T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:48:24","slug":"rcia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/sacraments\/rcia\/","title":{"rendered":"Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is the process of learning about and receiving the necessary Sacraments in order to be a fully initiated and practicing Catholic. That is to worship Jesus through the traditions of the Catholic Church.<br><br>Many would have heard this process as its former name \u201cRite of Christian Initiation\u201d, or \u201cRite of Christian Initiation for Adults\u201d, or \u201cRCIA\u201d.<br><br>OCIA has four stages of preparation to enter into the fullness of the Church\u2019s traditions and communion. <strong>Inquiry<\/strong>, the <strong>Catechumenate<\/strong>, <strong>Purification<\/strong> <strong>and Enlightenment<\/strong>, and <strong>Mystagogy<\/strong>. This process should be seen as the development of an individual\u2019s readiness and deep commitment to living life as a disciple of Jesus Christ within the Catholic Church. These stages prepare individuals for Baptism, Reconciliation, Confirmation and Eucharist, and culminate the night before Easter, at the Easter Vigil. OCIA begins in September and continues through April. <strong>Sessions are held on Thursdays, 7:00pm-8:30pm<\/strong>.<br>Email: oc&#105;a&#64;mbsp&#116;o&#108;e&#100;o.or&#103;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading75_c5f73e-58\">Our Youth Faith Formation efforts offer \u201cOrder of Christian Initiation for Children\u201d or \u201cOCIC\u201d (this title also applies to teenagers). In order to begin this process please reach out to the Parish Office and the Director of Formation and Engagement (Ryan Adamson).<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns75_20cbf1-08{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns75_20cbf1-08 .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns75_20cbf1-08 .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns75_20cbf1-08 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns75_20cbf1-08 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns75_20cbf1-08 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns75_20cbf1-08 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns75_20cbf1-08 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns75_20cbf1-08 .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns75_20cbf1-08\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn75_452760-51.kb-button{width:initial;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn75_452760-51.kb-button{background:#4a506a;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn75_452760-51.kb-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn75_452760-51.kb-button:focus{color:#4a506a;background:#c09e81;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn75_452760-51 kt-btn-size-xlarge kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/ocic\/\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\"><strong>OCIC<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Adamson<br>Director of Formation and Engagement<br>&#114;&#97;&#100;a&#109;&#115;&#111;&#110;&#64;mb&#115;&#112;&#116;&#111;&#108;&#101;d&#111;&#46;&#111;&#114;g<br>(419) 472-2288 ext. 2204<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is the process of learning about and receiving the necessary Sacraments in order\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2800,"parent":70,"menu_order":51,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2913,"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/2913"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessedsacramenttoledo.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}