Every Easter vigil, dioceses across the United States welcome thousands of new converts into the Catholic Church through RCIA. But how a parish’s RCIA efforts prepare and support new converts to be ...

Nicole Scheys never knew her father. Until last summer, the 21-year-old University of Florida senior had never even met him. So it came as some surprise when he learned that his daughter was ...

“I had a difficult time freshman year acclimating to social life and challenging classes,” recalls sophomore psychology major Jenna Moscarelli. “I struggled to find a place where I really felt at home ...

The final leg in Rebecca Bolton’s journey to convert to Catholicism began when she took a job at Berks Catholic High School. Reared in the South as a Presbyterian, Bolton, 34, of Kutztown became ...

I’ve heard the painful story too many times. Participation in parish CCD programs usually spikes when children prepare for their First Communion (second grade) and later Confirmation (often eighth ...

Thousands of Americans will join the Catholic Church on Holy Saturday, April 15, through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). They will be baptized, confirmed and receive the Eucharist ...

Throughout the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, classes in the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) have or will be starting in the next few weeks. The free, weekly classes provide instruction ...

Later this week, I shall be giving a talk to the RCIA group at my parish about Church History. So, I dusted off my notes and thought I would share some of the highlights from the talk I will give. By ...

St. Mary of the Nativity, 1 Kent St. in Scituate Harbor, will offer Rite of Catholic Initiation for Adults classes starting in September. RCIA is the process of spiritual and catechetical formation ...

For many, especially for Catholics on Guam, religion is something you are born into. Its traditions and routines make the shape of your life, and ideally your personal faith deepens alongside it. In ...