RCIA FRAN FITZGERALD, DIR

                    ADULTS - ENGLISH/SPANISH - FOR THOSE SEEKING TO JOIN 
                             THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - "CATECHUMENS"
                           - FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED                                                                           
                             FULL COMMUNION/ CONFIRMATION -                                                                                  
                             "CANDIDATES"

    RCIA is a process which assists adults in coming to a mature and free 
decision to become full members of the Church. The process begins with a 
time of inquiry in the Fall which includes faith sharing questions answered, 
new questions formed and time for reflection and discernment which can lead 
to "Baptism or Full Communion."

    The RCIA takes the distinctive history and spiritual needs of each person 
into account, differentiating between the baptized and the unbaptized, the 
cathechized and the uncathechized. The needs of mature, practicing Christians
from other faith traditions are considered on a individual basis.