(OCIA) Order of Christian Initiation of Adults

Candidates are those who:

• are actively practicing Catholics,
• have reached their 18th birthday and are no longer in high school,
• have been baptized and already received their First Holy Communion in the Catholic Church,
• have been catechized in the Catholic faith, and
• if married, must be married within the Catholic Church (or receive the Sacrament of Marriage in the Catholic Church prior to Confirmation).

Who Can Be My Sponsor?

• An adult (16 or older) 
• is a fully initiated Catholic (has received the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist        and Confirmation),
• is active, by regularly attending Mass and receives the Sacraments,
• if married, he/she must be in a valid marriage recognized by the Catholic Church.
• Not a parent of the candidate.

What else should I be prepared to do once I sign up? 

• Provide your Baptism and First Communion certificates
• Attendance at sessions
• Regularly attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation

Sessions are based on material provided by the Diocese of Lafayette and are based on the Four Pillars of the Catholic Church.

1. The Creed
2. Sacraments
3. The Moral Life
4. Prayer