Thank you for your interest in St. Luke’s Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). This is a parish-sponsored process through which we encourage inquiry and welcome new members into our Roman Catholic Faith community. This is the first step in a journey that will continue throughout the rest of your life. We commend you for the courage to look for answers to the questions that God has placed in all of our hearts – the desire to seek and learn to know Him.
Whatever your answer to the question, “Why am I here?” the point is, you have arrived at this place in your life. Open your heart and be willing to listen to God who is within. It has been said that the greatest gift of all gifts is the gift of love. We would like to share with you our Faith in the hope that it will begin or enhance your experience of the love of God. The parish of St. Luke is pleased to be part of your journey.
Since RCIA is a journey and a process, you may take as long as you wish to determine your own time line. There are four steps in the RCIA process that prepare you for the rest of the journey:
1. Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate (Inquiry About the Journey)
2. Period of the Catechumenate (Information for the Journey)
3. Period of Purification and Enlightenment (Entering into the Journey)
4. Period of Postbaptismal Catechesis of Mystagogy (Continuation of the Journey)
For more information please call Diane Schafer at the parish office, 259-4373 ext. 256, or email her at dschafer@stluke.org.