Welcome to our newest members – received into the Church at the Easter Vigil 2015
One after another, parishes throughout the world are adopting the thinking and practice of the R.C.I.A., the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. At once ancient and new, this Rite expresses the essential mission and purpose of the Church: to draw all people to the Father through Christ Jesus the Son, in the Holy Spirit.
The Second Vatican Council in 1965 called for reinstating the catechumenate process.
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults draws extensively on the past, simply by opening up the treasures that the Church has long possessed. Through the primary focus of the Rite is the would-be Catholic, it encourages entire parishes to ask: How can we become a warm, welcoming, hospitable community in which our brothers and sisters can hear the Good News?
New members of St John the Baptist RC Church are led, by stages and at their own pace, into full participation with the community of the faithful alongside whom they have traveled. That community develops its proper identity as an evangelising, welcoming, faith-sustaining body.
To this end our Catechists and Sponsors reach out to Catechumens and Candidates with renewed enthusiasm and joy by offering the classes that cover the basic tenets of the Faith. Topics covered include Jesus the Christ, The Old and New Testaments, the Church’s Story, Catholic Sacraments, the Place of Prayer, and much more.
