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OCIA Adapted for Children

OCIA Cheat Sheet
National Statutes for OCIA

This form of the Order of Christian Initiation is intended for children:

• not baptized as infants who are age 7 or older,
• baptized in another Christian denomination and are entering the Catholic faith and are age 7 or older, AND
• who were baptized Catholic but have not received the sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Eucharist by the age of 10.
• See paragraphs 252-259 in the OCIA for more detail about initiation of children who have reached catechetical age.

 

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Contacts:

Laura Nelson
Director of Faith Formation
817-945-9351

Julie Kiehlbauch, MS
Executive Assistant
817-945-9358

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