Rite of Election and of the Call to Continuing Conversion

Please note times for celebration of the Rite in 2020!

• Saturday, February 29, 2020 — 11:00 AM — Philadelphia North and Delaware County
• Saturday, February 29, 2020 —  3:00 PM — Philadelphia South and Bucks County
• Sunday, March 1, 2020  —  3:00 PM — Chester and Montgomery Counties

Guidance For Parishes For Christian Initiation of Adults

1. Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate

• 1. • Inquirer’s Interview/Information Form (in English)
     • Entrevista al solicitante/Formulario de información (en español)

2. First step: Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens

3. Period of the Catechumenate

• 1. • Breaking Open the Word – Cycle A
     • Breaking Open the Word – Cycle B
     • Breaking Open the Word – Cycle C

4.Second Step: Election or Enrollment of Names

• 1. • –Coordinator Memo – February 2019  (for 2019 Rite of Election)
     • – Rite of Election Registration Forms

• 1. • • Catechumen Registration:  Register Online
       • Candidate Registration:  Register Online

• 1. • – Rite of Election Materials

• 1. • • Name Tags
       • In case of snow

5. Period of Purification and Enlightenment

• RCIA Day of Reflection
        Details and Registration Form here

6. Third Step: Celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation

7. Period of Postbaptismal Catechesis or Mystagogy

8. Reception of Baptized Christians into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church

• 1. • Pastoral Guidance Regarding the Conditional Baptism of Those Seeking Reception into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church
     •  Admission of an Orthodox Christian into the Catholic Church in Other than their Parallel Ritual Church