Teen OCIA Preparation

Teen First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, and Teen RCIA Preparation

If you are a Teen an have been baptized in the Catholic Faith, and wish to make your Frist Holy Communion, then the Rite of Christian Initiation Adapted for Teens is for you! Please see below for more information.

Teens who have not been baptized will receive their sacrament through the OCIA program. OCIA is the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults Adapted for Teens. If your child is in Grade 6th through 11th and has not been baptized in the Catholic faith, then the St. Jude TEEN OCIA class is for them.

OCIA for Teens

This form of the Order of Christian Initiation is intended for children/adolescents, not baptized as infants, who have been of catechetical age. These teens are capable of receiving and nurturing a personal faith and recognizing an obligation in conscience but cannot yet be treated as adults because they are dependent on their parents or guardians and are still strongly influenced by their friends and their social surroundings. (OCIA #252)

These adolescents require both a conversion that is personal and somewhat developed in proportion to their age. This is generally a two-year process and includes different milestones and liturgical rites as students are catechized and formed.

We have a two-year preparation at St. Jude.

Please register your child in the OCIA Y1 or OCIA Y2 class.