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RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

08/22/2015 - 1:04pm
Have you thought about becoming Catholic? Do you often wonder why Catholics do things the way they do? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then maybe you are being led to RCIA! RCIA is a process where adults are introduced to the Catholic faith and way of life. Were you baptized Catholic? If so, do you need the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist or Confirmation? RCIA normally takes 9 months, although it can vary according to personal situations. It includes:
  • The Inquiry Period introduces the interested person to basic information about the Catholic faith and fundamentally communicates the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Inquirers are invited to initial conversion and, although there is no obligation at this time, classes are intended to help them decide whether they would like to continue to learn more about the faith.
  • The Period of the Catechumenate is an extended time in which Catechumens (those not baptized) and Candidates (those validly baptized) are given pastoral formation and guidance aimed at training them in the Christian life.
  • The Period of Purification and Enlightenment, which corresponds with Lent, is intended to increase introspection and coming closer to God. The aim of this period is to eliminate what is weak and sinful and affirm what is holy.
  • The Period of Mystagogy is a special time during Easter in which the neophyte (newly initiated person) deepens their understanding of the mysteries of faith and is more fully immersed in the life of the Church.
Please contact Fr. Gabriel Torretta, O.P. at 513-561-5954, or email him at frgabriel@stgertrude.org, for more information. RCIA Sign Up Webform Click here Latest on top

St. Gertrude RCIA 2017-2018 Session Seven: Jesus Christ

11/02/2017 - 8:27am

In Jesus Christ, God comes to give us not merely knowledge about himself or knowledge of a great ethical system. He comes to bring us God himself. Through his life, death, and resurrection, Jesus heals the Original Tragedy of the first sin, sets us free from the legacy of Original Sin, and sets us on the path to a totally new kind of life: the life of man, redeemed by God.

St Gertrude RCIA 2017-2018 Session Six: Creation and the Fall of Man

10/19/2017 - 9:44am

The claim that sets the Judeo-Christian thought world apart from every other mode of religious thought is this: that in the beginning, God created all that is out of nothing. From that comes our sense of who God is, who we are, how perfectly we were made, and what the consequences of sin are. This is the first act with which the drama of salvation begins.

St Gertrude RCIA 2017-2018 Session Five: Revelation—Sacred Tradition

10/11/2017 - 5:15pm

St. Gertrude RCIA 2017-2018 Session Four: Revelation—Sacred Scripture

10/04/2017 - 2:53pm

St. Gertrude RCIA 2017-2018 Session Three: Faith and Reason

09/26/2017 - 3:24am

How do we know what we know? Our knowledge begins with what we experience from our senses, but that alone isn't enough. God has made us the kind of creature that is able to reason, able to hand on knowledge, and able to receive knowledge from him. Faith and reason, if we look at them honestly, are the two necessary means by which we live—and by which we go to God.

St. Gertrude RCIA 2017-2018 Session Two: Prayer

09/21/2017 - 4:38am

Prayer is not exactly what we think it is; it's not a bargaining with God, or an attempt to convince him to see things our way. It's a conversation. Even in our lives with our friends and families we know that we have to learn how to have good conversations—here, then, are some basic points about learning to have good conversation with God.

St. Gertrude RCIA 2017-2018 Session One: On Pilgrimage to Christ

09/18/2017 - 6:35pm

Christianity consists of a single question: Who is this man? Who is Jesus Christ? The life of faith and the life of the Church is a pilgrimage, a fellowship of pilgrims seeking to answer that one question and to be changed by what they find. As the pilgrimage of RCIA begins, we start with this most basic question and look forward to what is to come.

RCIA 2016-2017 Session Twenty-eight: Faith and Reason

04/29/2017 - 12:45pm

As we enter into the post-Easter mystagogy period, we begin our reflection on the gifts of the sacraments and the Christian life by exploring the relationship between faith and reason, and how Jesus gives us himself as the one Truth we approach on the two wings of faith and reason.

RCIA 2016-2017 Session Twenty-seven: Church History IV

04/13/2017 - 11:34am

Fr. André-Joseph concludes our tour of Church History with the modern era, beginning with the French Revolution and concluding with the papacy of Francis.

RCIA 2016-2017 Session Twenty-six: Church History III

04/13/2017 - 11:32am

In this session, Fr. André-Joseph picks up where Fr. Clement left off in exploring the living history of the presence of Jesus Christ among his people. This talk explores the vexed and troubled 16th and 17th centuries, covering the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation.

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