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)

Sunday Cycle: Year A through November 22, 2026; Year B begins November 29, 2026.

PRE-CATECHUMENATE PERIOD

Part I: Faith and Doctrine

• August 30, 2026 - Introduction to OCIA and Chapter 1: Knowing and Desiring God
• September 6, 2026 - Chapter 2: Revelation and Faith
• September 13, 2026 - Chapter 3: Introduction to Prayer and Sacraments
• September 20, 2026 - Chapter 4: The Most Holy Trinity - Catechetical Sunday
• September 27, 2026 - Chapter 5: Creation and the Fall
• October 4, 2026 - Chapter 6: Encountering Jesus in the Scriptures
• October 11, 2026 - Chapter 7: Jesus Christ: True God and True Man
• October 18, 2026 - Chapter 8: Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer
• October 25, 2026 - Chapter 9: The Holy Spirit
• November 1, 2026 - Chapter 10: The Church - All Saints’ Day (Solemnity)

CATECHUMENATE PERIOD

Part II: Sacramental Life and Practice

• November 8, 2026 - Chapter 11: The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Communion of Saints
• November 15, 2026 - Chapter 12: Baptism and Confirmation
• November 22, 2026 - Chapter 13: The Eucharist - Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
• November 29, 2026 - Chapter 14: The Mass and Liturgical Prayer - First Sunday of Advent (Year B begins)
• December 6, 2026 - Chapter 15: Confession - Second Sunday of Advent
• December 8, 2026 - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation) - No Meeting
• December 13, 2026 - Chapter 16: Marriage - Third Sunday of Advent; Rite of Acceptance and Welcoming at the 9:00 a.m. Mass

Part III: The Christian Moral Life

• December 20, 2026 - Chapters 17 and 18: Happiness and the Christian Moral Life; Law and the Ten Commandments - Fourth Sunday of Advent (combined session)
• December 25, 2026 - The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas; Holy Day of Obligation) - No Meeting
• December 27, 2026 - The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph - No Meeting
• January 1, 2027 - Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation) - No Meeting
• January 3, 2027 - Chapter 19: The Life of Grace - The Epiphany of the Lord
• January 10, 2027 - Chapter 20: Faith - The Baptism of the Lord
• January 17, 2027 - Chapter 21: The Virtue of Hope and Last Things
• January 24, 2027 - Chapter 22: Love of God
• January 31, 2027 - Chapter 23: Love of Neighbor
• February 7, 2027 - Chapter 24: Prudence and Conscience

PERIOD OF PURIFICATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT

• February 10, 2027 - Ash Wednesday - No Meeting
• February 14, 2027 - Chapter 25: Justice - First Sunday of Lent; Rite of Sending at the 9:00 a.m. Mass and Rite of Election (Archdiocesan time and location to be announced)
• February 21, 2027 - Chapter 26: Temperance and Chastity - Second Sunday of Lent
• February 28, 2027 - Chapter 27: Living Our Catholic Teaching in a Secular Society - Third Sunday of Lent; First Scrutiny
• March 7, 2027 - Chapter 28: The Beatitudes and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Fourth Sunday of Lent; Second Scrutiny
• March 14, 2027 - Chapter 29: Priesthood and the Religious Life - Fifth Sunday of Lent; Third Scrutiny
• March 21, 2027 - Chapter 32: Frequent Confession - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
• March 27, 2027 - Holy Saturday - Practice for the OCIA community, including godparents and sponsors, in the church (time to be announced)
• March 27, 2027 - Easter Vigil Mass - Arrival and Mass times to be announced
• March 28, 2027 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord - No Meeting

PERIOD OF MYSTAGOGY

Part IV: Pillars of Catholic Living

• April 4, 2027 - Chapter 30: Introduction to Mystagogy - Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)
• April 11, 2027 - Chapter 31: Mental Prayer - Third Sunday of Easter
• April 18, 2027 - Chapter 33: Holy Communion and Eucharistic Adoration - Fourth Sunday of Easter
• April 25, 2027 - Chapter 34: Sacred Study: Scripture and Spiritual Reading - Fifth Sunday of Easter
• May 2, 2027 - Chapter 35: Mary, the Saints, and Devotions - Sixth Sunday of Easter
• May 9, 2027 - The Ascension of the Lord (transferred to Sunday in the Province of New Orleans) - Mother’s Day - No Meeting
• May 16, 2027 - Chapter 36: Stewardship and Handing on the Faith - Pentecost Sunday (Last Meeting)

Liturgical dates are based on the USCCB Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States of America for 2026 and 2027.

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.