Order of Christian Initiation for Adults

Calendar for the Church Year 2025-2026

Meeting Time: Sundays, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

If you are unable to attend our meetings on Sundays due to a disability or work schedule, we will arrange a meeting time and place that suits you.

"The Word of God nourishes both the Evangelizers and those who are being evangelized so that each one may continue to grow in his or her Christian life." (National Directory for Catechesis [NDC] [Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005], no. 17)

Pre-Catechumenate Period

Part I: Faith and Doctrine

SUNDAY CYCLE, YEAR C (until November 29, 2025)

• August 31, 2025 - Introduction to the OCIA and Chapter 1: Knowing and Desiring God

• September 7, 2025 - Chapter 2: Revelation and Faith

• September 14, 2025 - Chapter 3: Introduction to Prayer and Sacraments

• September 21, 2025 - Chapter 4: The Most Holy Trinity - Catechetical Sunday

• September 28, 2025 - Chapter 5: Creation and the Fall

• October 5, 2025 - Chapter 6: Encountering Jesus in the Scriptures

• October 12, 2025 - Chapter 7: Jesus Christ: True God and True Man

• October 19, 2025 - Chapter 8: Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer

• October 26, 2025 - Chapter 9: The Holy Spirit

• November 1, 2025 - All Saints’ Day (Solemnity, no obligation as it falls on Saturday) - No Meeting

• November 2, 2025 - All Souls’ Day - Chapter 10: The Church

Catechumenate Period

Part II: Sacramental Life and Practice

• November 9, 2025 - Chapter 11: The Blessed Virgin Mary and Communion of Saints

• November 16, 2025 - Chapter 12: Baptism and Confirmation

• November 23, 2025 - Chapter 13: The Eucharist

• November 30, 2025 - Chapter 14: The Mass and Liturgical Prayer - First Sunday of Advent (Year A Begins)

• December 7, 2025 - Chapter 15: Confession - Second Sunday of Advent

• December 8, 2025 - Immaculate Conception (Solemnity, Holy Day of Obligation) - No Meeting

• December 14, 2025 - Chapter 16: Marriage - Third Sunday of Advent, Rite of Acceptance and Welcoming at 9:00 a.m. Mass

Part III: The Christian Moral Life

• December 21, 2025 - Chapter 17: Happiness and the Christian Moral Life - Fourth Sunday of Advent

• December 25, 2025 - The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas, Holy Day of Obligation) - No Meeting

• December 28, 2025 - Feast of the Holy Family - No Meeting

• January 1, 2026 - Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation) - No Meeting

• January 4, 2026 - Chapter 18: Law and the Ten Commandments - The Epiphany of Our Lord

• January 11, 2026 - Chapter 19: The Life of Grace - The Baptism of Our Lord

• January 18, 2026 - Chapter 20: Faith

• January 25, 2026 - Chapter 21: The Virtue of Hope and Last Things

• February 1, 2026 - Chapter 22: Love of God

• February 8, 2026 - Chapter 23: Love of Neighbor

• February 15, 2026 - Chapter 24: Prudence and Conscience

Period of Purification and Enlightenment

• February 18, 2026 - Ash Wednesday - No Meeting

• February 22, 2026 - Chapter 25: Justice - First Sunday of Lent, Rite of Sending and the Rite of Election (Please arrive at the church, location to be announced, no later than 2:30 P.M.)

• March 1, 2026 - Chapter 26: Temperance and Chastity - Second Sunday of Lent

• March 8, 2026 - Chapter 27: Living Our Catholic Teaching in a Secular Society - Third Sunday of Lent, First Scrutiny

• March 15, 2026 - Chapter 28: The Beatitudes and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Fourth Sunday of Lent, Second Scrutiny

• March 22, 2026 - Chapter 29: Priesthood and the Religious Life - Fifth Sunday of Lent, Third Scrutiny

• March 29, 2026 - Chapter 32: Frequent Confession - Palm Sunday

• April 4, 2026 - Holy Saturday - Practice for the OCIA Community, including godparents and sponsors, in the Church for the Easter Vigil Mass at 11:00 a.m.

• April 4, 2026 - Easter Vigil Mass (Please be in Church by 7:00 p.m.)

• April 5, 2026 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Our Lord - No Meeting

Period of Mystagogy

Part IV: Pillars of Catholic Living

• April 12, 2026 - Chapter 30: Introduction to Mystagogy - Divine Mercy Sunday

• April 19, 2026 - Chapter 31: Mental Prayer

• April 26, 2026 - Chapter 33: Holy Communion and Eucharistic Adoration

• May 3, 2026 - Chapter 34: Sacred Study: Scripture and Spiritual Reading

• May 10, 2026 - Mother’s Day - No Meeting

• May 17, 2026 - Chapter 35: Mary, the Saints, and Devotions (Ascension of Our Lord may be transferred to this Sunday in the Archdiocese of New Orleans)

• May 24, 2026 - Chapter 36: Stewardship and Handing on the Faith - Pentecost Sunday (Last Meeting)

St. Catherine of Siena Parish, OCIA

For more information, call our Parish Office at (504) 835-9343.  You may also call Kurt Garcia, the OCIA Coordinator, at (504) 957-7100 or email him at kurtgarciaRCIA@gmail.com. Peace.