OCIA

ST. MARY MAGDALENE CATHOLIC CHURCH
WELCOMES AND INVITES YOU INTO A DEEPER
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST

WHAT IS OCIA?

OCIA is a process through which baptized Christians and non-baptized men and women enter the Catholic Church. It includes several stages marked by inquiry, study, prayer and rites at Mass. Participants in the OCIA are known as catechumens (those who have never been baptized) or candidates (those who are baptized in a different faith tradition or a baptized Catholic who was never catechized). They undergo a process of conversion as they study the Gospel, profess faith in Jesus and the Catholic Church, and receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, First Reconciliation and Holy Eucharist, through which a person is fully incorporated into the Body of Christ, the Church.

For more information on how to become Catholic through OCIA, please contact Deacon Rick at 908-910-0309 or stevens@stmm.me.