Want to Know More About the Catholic Faith?
What's it all about?
Many people decide for all sorts of reasons that they would like to be a Catholic. It may be because you have a relation who is a Catholic – a husband or wife, or it may be that your children are beginning at Catholic school or preparing for their First Holy Communion, and you are interested in sharing with them in this special experience. Or you may be going to be married and your fiance(e) is a Catholic and you would like to learn what it is that he or she finds so special about being a Catholic. Or maybe you have seen a programme about the Catholic Church on television and would like to know more.
Whatever the reason, you will be very welcome!
Who is it for?
It’s for people who have never been baptised. During the programme they will be prepared to be baptised, confirmed and receive Holy Communion for the first time at Easter.
It’s for Christians who belong to another Church. They will have been baptised already and, as you can only be baptised once, they will be prepared to be received into the Catholic Church at Easter, confirmed and receive Holy Communion.
It’s for Christians who have been baptised as Catholics but never been confirmed and who want to know more about the Church.
They will be prepared to be confirmed and to receive Holy Communion.
What happens?
If you’d like to find out more about what it means to be a Catholic we offer an informal programme which tells you about the Church and may help you to decide if becoming a Catholic is for you. It’s called the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). But don’t let that put you off! It’s a very friendly programme which begins in September of each year and then goes through to Pentecost in the next year.
To find out more please email the parish office and address your email to Father Stephen. We look forward to hearing from you.