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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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Read About Our Catholic Faith

Many topics are listed on the American Catholic.org newsletter, Catholic Update. Click here to browse through the alphabetical topic list or search for specific topics.

"Learn how to say the rosary with this handy, one-page guide."

Holy Family Handouts

	Title	Description
	An Overview of the RCIA	An Overview of the RCIA
	Anointing of the Sick	About the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
	Basic Catholic Prayers	Basic Catholic Prayers
	Biblical Interpretations	Methods of Interpretation
	Deutercanonicals in the Bible	Jewish and Christian History, Condensed
	Jewish and Christian History	A look at the formation of the Bible
	Lectionary Cycles	Lectionary Cycles and Readings
	Liturgical Calendar Handout	Liturgical Calendar Handout
	Marian Doctrines	Four Marian Dogmas
	Matrimony and Holy Orders	An overview of the sacraments of vocation
	New Roman Missal at a Glance	The new roman missal at a glance.
	Principles of Catholic Morality
	Purgatory	Explanation of purgatory and indulgences
	Sacrament of Reconciliation	Fr. John Bok's RCIA presentation
	Sacramental Experiences	An overview of Sacramental basics
	Scripture Readings for the Trinity
	The Books of the Old Testament	Familiarize yourself with Old Testment contents and names
	The Catholic Creeds, Side by Side	The Catholic Creeds, Side by Side in .pdf format
	The Mass	The Mass
	The Precepts of the Church	The Precepts of the Church
	The Sacrament of Reconciliation	Information to help prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession).
	The Sacrament of Reconciliation - Companion to Handout	The Sacramentality of Reconciliation and Sin vs Wrong
	The Sacrament of the Eucharist
	Tour of the Church	Tour of the Church
	Two Models for Lent	Compares two Catholic perceptions of lent

SCHEDULE

RCIA Spring Schedule

The forms listed below provide the RCIA and Adult Confirmation Teams with information necesary to facilitate your journey toward the sacraments.
Forms are .pdf files. They must be printed, completed and mailed, faxed or brought to the office. They cannot be completed online.

Forms

	Title	Description
	Sponsors Form	Sponsor Form (.pdf version)
	Confirmation Candidate Information Form	Confirmation Candidate Information Form (.pdf version)