OCIA Coordinators’ Update: 08/03/2025
Please Pray for our Elect and Candidates
(Order of Christian Initiation of Adults)
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At the Rite of Election celebrated last weekend by Cardinal Cupich, he asked our parish community whether we are “willing to include the elect and candidate in our prayers and affection as they move closer to their Sacraments of Initiation?” We responded heartedly: “We are!” He also reminded us “to continue to sustain them through our loving care and example.”
As they move closer to the Sacraments of Initiation on October 5th, please hold them close in prayer and in community. One of our Elect met a neighbor last week who remarked that he had seen her at this Mass and now knows she’s a member of our OCIA community. A new connection was created. Please continue to create connections, encounters, with those seeking to be part of our community.
Our fall cohort of those wishing to be baptized, baptized Christians seeking to join the Catholic Church and baptized Catholics seeking Confirmation and/or Communion will begin on Monday, November 17, 2025. You are encouraged to sign up for Alpha which begins in September and/or take part in our various Beta and spirituality courses.
Fr. Radley Alcantara and Ed Harasim, OCIA Coordinator, eharasim@clement.org
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