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The new Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) has been approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Holy See for use in the dioceses of the United States and soon will replace our current RCIA ritual text. The vision of the new text is to form vibrant disciples in Christ. Bring your parish initiation team to this 2-Day OCIA Intensive and examine together the revised texts to develop a 1, 2, and 3-step strategic plan for specific needs of your parish. Together, we will break open these principles and rites, share practical ways they are realized in a parish, and reframe our obstacles and challenges as opportunities for growth, learning, and effective evangelization. Whether you’re a veteran or a new leader, this workshop is for you!
Our Goals for the OCIA Intensive Formation Days are to:
• DISCOVER how the new OCIA is a restoration of Christian initiation from the early Church and prepare your team for the coming changes in the approved revised edition to be published next year.
• EXAMINE the stages of the OCIA process, the essential role of the rites in the initiation process, and how ongoing mystagogical catechesis can prepare and form participants into disciples of Christ.
• EXPLORE the many paths in the OCIA for various journeys of faith: unbaptized, baptized but non-Catholic, baptized Catholics but not catechized, children, and adults.
• UNDERSTAND the liturgical-catechetical process of Christian initiation, an organic, systematic, and integral formation in faith, that forms and transforms Christians into disciples of Christ.
• FOSTER our ability to develop integrated mystagogical catechesis for our parish and discover ways to involve your whole community in the initiation process.
• IMPLEMENT new insights from this formation intensive into your initiation team’s ongoing growth and development of your parish adult initiation process.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St. Anne Catholic Community, 2140 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77098-1419, United States,Houston, Texas
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