Fee is $25 per person. 

Are you interested in becoming Catholic?

• Were you baptized as a child but didn't complete your sacraments of initiation (First Holy Communion or Confirmation)?
• Were you baptized in a different Christian faith and would like to know about more about the Catholic faith and in receiving your sacraments?
• Do you know of someone who would be interested in joining OCIA?

If any of these questions apply to you, then OCIA is for you!  
Please contact the parish office for more information.
 

Welcome to Diocese of Davenport's OCIA page! Why not "RCIA"? Well... that's a bit of a story....

In 1972, the Church promulgated the 1st Latin edition of the Ordo initiationis christianae adultorum (OICA); the first English translation came out in 1974. In 1986, the US Bishops gave us the National Statutes for the Catechumenate. The 1974 texts were retranslated and reorganized, and rites were added for baptized candidates. This gave us the 1988 text that we are using today: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

This text and the National Statutes are in the process of being revised and retranslated. When the new ritual book becomes available, the title (translated from the Latin) will be Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA)... more closely matching the Latin original, and better reflecting that an "Order" is a collection of "Rites."

When referring specifically to the 1988 ritual book, we will retain the use of "RCIA."