Workshops provide updates, logistics on O.C.I.A. process
January 19, 2025 at 1:10 p.m.
O.C.I.A. coordinators Mary Verme, left, of Sacred Heart Parish, Mount Holly, and Lori Napoli of Resurrection Parish, Delran, attend the workshop in St. Gregory the Great Parish on Jan. 18.The changes surrounding the ritual texts of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults was the focus of two training workshops offered by the diocesan Office of Worship and Department of Catechesis Jan..16 in Nativity Parish, Fair Haven, and Jan. 18 in St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square.
PHOTO GALLERY: O.C.I.A. Training in Hamilton Square parish
Offered for clergy, liturgists as well as those who serve on parish O.C.I.A. teams, discussions centered on the reasons for changing the name from Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults to Order of Christian Initiation of Adults and reviewing the various stages of the catechumenate process.
Workshop presenters were Father Michael Hall, director of the Office of Worship and pastor of St. Gregory the Great Parish, and Denise Contino, director of the Department of Catechesis.
Denise Contino, at the podium, and Father Michael Hall, lead presentations on the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, the Catholic Church's official process for preparing newcomers to the faith. Mary Stadnyk photos
Father Hall speaks on the O.C.I.A. to participants attending the Jan. 16 workshop in Nativity Parish, Fair Haven. Courtesy photo
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O.C.I.A. coordinators Mary Verme, left, of Sacred Heart Parish, Mount Holly, and Lori Napoli of Resurrection Parish, Delran, attend the workshop in St. Gregory the Great Parish on Jan. 18.The changes surrounding the ritual texts of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults was the focus of two training workshops offered by the diocesan Office of Worship and Department of Catechesis Jan..16 in Nativity Parish, Fair Haven, and Jan. 18 in St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square.
PHOTO GALLERY: O.C.I.A. Training in Hamilton Square parish
Offered for clergy, liturgists as well as those who serve on parish O.C.I.A. teams, discussions centered on the reasons for changing the name from Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults to Order of Christian Initiation of Adults and reviewing the various stages of the catechumenate process.
Workshop presenters were Father Michael Hall, director of the Office of Worship and pastor of St. Gregory the Great Parish, and Denise Contino, director of the Department of Catechesis.
Denise Contino, at the podium, and Father Michael Hall, lead presentations on the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, the Catholic Church's official process for preparing newcomers to the faith. Mary Stadnyk photos
Father Hall speaks on the O.C.I.A. to participants attending the Jan. 16 workshop in Nativity Parish, Fair Haven. Courtesy photo