The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA, as it has been more commonly referred to, will have its name changed to Order of Christian Initiation for Adults, or OCIA, the United States ...
As Lent begins, we approach the conclusion of the season of conversions in the U.S. Catholic Church. Parishes began the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, formerly known as RCIA (or the Rite of ...
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), the yearlong process of joining the Catholic Church, is most effective when laypeople and priests work together and when the learning process ...
The action still needs the approval of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments before it takes effect. The name change applies both to the process by which ...