The Catholic Church rejoices every time a person decides to undertake the process to become a Catholic. We welcome you and we are here to help answer all those questions that might result from the call that God is inviting you to follow. Becoming a Catholic is one of life’s deepest and most joyful experiences.

A person is said to be fully initiated in the Catholic Church when they has received the three sacraments of Christian initiation, Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. This is achieved through a process of preparation.

The usual practice is that a family will bring the baby to the Church for baptism. From that moment the baby is already Catholic the child later enters religious formation and celebrates confirmation and communion where s/he deepens her/ his faith.

An adult or child of catechetical age who is not baptized enters the Christian Initiation process and through a process of liturgy, catechesis, and formation is prepared to celebrate the three sacraments of Initiation.

There are also others who have been validly baptized in different Christian denominations that are accepted in the Catholic Church by making a profession of faith at a mass to be formally received in the Church. After this followed immediately by confirmation and the Eucharist.

For adults and children who have reached the age of reason, entry into the Church is acheived by the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults.

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