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What we'll explore

The mysteries the Church has loved for centuries.

Themes Catholics ordinarily study in OCIA. Weekly class topics are set with the Religious Education office.

  • Who is God?

    An introduction to the God who reveals Himself — not as an idea, but as a living mystery who seeks communion with us.

  • Who is Jesus Christ?

    The Incarnation, the Cross, and the Resurrection: why the Church proclaims Jesus as Lord.

  • The Trinity

    Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — one God in three Persons, the central mystery of Christian faith.

  • The Holy Spirit

    The Spirit who gives life, dwells in the Church, and leads each person into truth.

  • The Bible

    What the Scriptures are, how they came to us, and why Catholics call them the Word of God.

  • Old and New Testament

    The one story of salvation — promise, fulfillment, and the covenant that holds them together.

  • How Catholics interpret Scripture

    Reading with the Church: tradition, context, and the living voice of the Magisterium.

  • What is the Church?

    More than a building or a gathering — the Church as mystery, communion, and sacrament of salvation.

  • The Apostolic Tradition

    What has been handed down from the apostles, and why it still lives in the Church today.

  • The Magisterium

    How the Church teaches with authority — and why that authority is meant to serve the truth.

  • The Sacraments

    Visible signs of invisible grace: an overview of the sacramental economy.

  • Baptism

    New birth in Christ, the doorway of the Christian life, and the forgiveness of sin.

  • Confirmation

    Strengthened by the Holy Spirit for witness, mission, and a mature Christian life.

  • Eucharist

    The Real Presence, the sacrifice of the Mass, and holy communion with Christ and His Church.

  • Reconciliation

    Confession as healing, mercy, and the restoration of baptismal grace.

  • Anointing of the Sick

    Christ's tenderness toward the suffering, and the sacrament of strength in illness.

  • Holy Orders

    The priesthood, diaconate, and episcopacy as a gift for the Church's life.

  • Marriage

    The covenant of man and woman as a living sign of Christ's love for the Church.

  • The Ten Commandments

    Not a list of burdens, but a path of freedom and love of God and neighbor.

  • Virtue

    The cardinal and theological virtues as habits that form a holy life.

  • Sin

    What sin is, what it does, and why the Church speaks of it with both honesty and hope.

  • Grace

    God's own life offered to us — unearned, transforming, and always first.

  • Christian discipleship

    Following Christ in ordinary life: work, family, charity, and the call to holiness.

  • How Catholics Pray

    Vocal prayer, meditation, and contemplation — a simple map of the interior life.

  • The Mass

    The highest prayer of the Church, and how to enter it more fully.

  • The Our Father

    The prayer Jesus taught, and what each petition reveals about the Christian life.

  • Devotional Prayer

    The Rosary, Eucharistic Adoration, and the quiet practices that sustain faith.

  • Mary

    The Mother of God, the first disciple, and her place in Catholic faith and devotion.

  • The Communion of Saints

    Why Catholics believe the Church includes the living and the dead in one communion.

  • Intercession

    Asking the saints to pray with us — not instead of Christ, but in Him.

  • Catholic devotion

    Icons, feast days, and the texture of a faith that is both ancient and alive.

Quaerite et invenietis

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