Overview
This page contains links to a variety of articles to assist you and your OCIA team. You'll find overview articles related to various aspects of the OCIA process, guidelines for interviewing inquirers, guides for discernment, and explanations of the features in the participant and catechist materials.
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- Welcome
- Acknowledgments
- Doctrinal Session Topics
- Overview of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults
- Using the Apprentices in Faith Materials
- The Initial Interview
- Community's Role
- What is Apprenticeship in the Catechumenate?
- What is the Period of Inquiry?
- What is Mystagogy?
- What is the Period of Purification and Enlightenment?
- What is Discernment?
- Discernment for the Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate
- Discernment for the Rite of Election
Young Apprentices
- Understanding the OCIA Process with Children and Youth
- Celebrating the Rites of the OCIA with Children and Youth
- Walking the Journey with Your Child
- A Friend Along the Way: Sponsors and Sponsoring Families in the OCIA
- Sponsors and Sponsor Families for OCIA with Children: A Resource for Coordinators
- Making Connections With the Parish
- Preparing to Celebrate the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil
- Preparation (Session) for the Rite for Entrance into the Catechumenate
- Preparation (Session) for the Rite of Election
- What IS Mystagogical Reflection?
- Your Family: The Church of the Home