OCIA Formation Day
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Dia de Formación Diocesana de RICA
Sábado, 8 de febrero, 2025
8:00 AM – 2:30 PM
El cambio puede dar miedo, pero Jesús nos dice: “¡No tengas miedo!” Venga a disipar sus temores sobre el nuevo Ritual de Iniciación Cristiana para Adultos (y Adaptado para Niños) en nuestro Día Diocesano de Formación de RICA anual. Aprenderá sobre los cambios en RICA, el motivo de esos cambios, lo que no ha cambiado y lo que esto significa para su servicio en su ministerio.
Se anima a todo el personal diocesano y a los voluntarios que trabajan en RICA o RICA-Adaptado para Niños a asistir a este importante evento.
Locación
Most Blessed Sacrament
2100 N. Davis Drive
Arlington, TX 76012
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Presenters
Dr. Scott Sollom
Director of Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University
Dcn. Joel Rodriguez
Deacon, St. Jude, Mansfield
Jason Whitehead
Director of Evangelization and Catechesis
Laura Nelson
Director of Faith Formation
Victoria Ramon
Director of Youth Ministry
Speaker Bios
Scott Sollom
Scott Sollom, STL, Phd. Scott has been helping coordinate RCIA (now OCIA) for over 25 years including parish, college campus, and parish cluster settings. He co-authored the Association for Catechumenal Ministry’s Leader’s Guide and Catechist’s Manual and contributed to the Symbolon series. Scott and his wife, Mary, and their five children live in Steubenville where he serves as the associate chair of the theology department and the Director of the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University. Scott currently serves on the USCCB Institute for the Catechism committee and formerly served on the working group for the ‘Implementation of OCIA in the United States’ from 2022-2024.
Jason Whitehead
Jason Whitehead was received into the Catholic Church in 2012 and subsequently received a master’s degree in Theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary. He began working for the Diocese of Fort Worth in 2014 and currently serves as Department Director of Evangelization and Catechesis.
Laura Nelson
Laura Nelson With nine years' experience in children's catechesis at the parish level, Laura Nelson joined the Diocese of Fort Worth as director of faith formation in 2024. The mother of three grown children holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Texas at Austin and is currently enrolled at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, where she expects to complete a Master’s degree in catechesis and evangelization in 2025.
Deacon Joel Rodriguez
Deacon Joel Rodriguez is a Catholic convert and permanent deacon ordained in August of 2022. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Puerto Rico, Deacon Rodriguez is the former Director of Hispanic Ministry for the Diocese of Fort Worth and is currently serving the diocese at St. Jude in Mansfield.
Victoria Ramón
Victoria Ramón trabaja como Directora del Ministerio de Adolescentes, Jóvenes Adultos y Campus de la Diócesis de Fort Worth. Tiene 9 años de experiencia combinada en el ministerio catequético parroquial y diocesano. Ella ha recibido una licenciatura en Administración de Empresas de UT Arlington y una Maestría en Catequética y Evangelización de la Universidad Franciscana.
Contactos:
Laura Nelson
Directora de Formación de Fe
817-945-9351
Julie Kiehlbauch
Asistente Ejecutivo
817-945-9358
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