During Easter Vigil Masses March 30, at least 2,364 registered catechumens and candidates from parishes across the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston will be newly initiated into the Catholic Church or enter full communion with the church.
Catechumens are those who will receive baptism, first
Like other catechumens who entered the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil April 8, Keith Holden, 25, is passionate about his faith. It's what drove him as he prepared to become a Catholic through the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults process.
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The resurrection of Jesus gives hope to all -- especially those newly baptized into the faith -- that sacrifices and crosses will be worth it, said Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron during an Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of the Most
This year in U.S. dioceses, the celebration of welcoming catechumens and candidates into the Catholic Church has been postponed until the coronavirus pandemic has been brought under control and states' stay-at-home orders are lifted and churches are once again opened. But at
You’re a brand new Catholic. Welcome! As you begin to get acclimated to the many traditions of the Catholic Faith, it is natural to be both joyful and perhaps even a little bit confused. There may be a thousand little details, customs and