OCIA is a class for people who would like to know more about the Roman Catholic faith. \u00a0It is also for those who desire to complete the Sacraments of Initiation and be received in full communion to the Catholic Church.\u00a0 This includes Catechumens, Candidates and Inquirers.\u00a0 Catechumens are people who have never been baptized in any Christian faith.\u00a0 Candidates are those who have been baptized in any Christian faith (including, but not limited to the Roman Catholic Church) but have not received the Sacraments of Eucharist and\/or Confirmation.\u00a0 Inquirers are those who want to know more about the Roman Catholic Church, but may not be ready to make a commitment at this time.<\/p>\n
Please contact Deacon Frank through the Parish Office at 561-966-8878 with questions or for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OCIA is a class for people who would like to know more about the Roman Catholic faith. \u00a0It is also for those who desire to complete the Sacraments of Initiation and be received in full communion to the Catholic Church.\u00a0 This includes Catechumens, Candidates and Inquirers.\u00a0 Catechumens are people who have never been baptized in [Continue Reading…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":132,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4299,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions\/4299"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}