Santa Maria Addolorata/RCIA

Due to the Coronavirus, we will not meet for RCIA & Adult Religious Ed on Sunday and next Wednesday until further notice. We will finish off our sessions online. Please comment or post a thumbs up in the 'comment box' below to show that you are checking in. I am unable to tell if you are reading this. You can also post a question about a particular Session if you wish. When permitted, I will contact you so we can meet for our Final Session. Also, I wanted to inform you that Confirmation Practices and Confirmation has been postponed. The parish will post updated information on the website as well as Facebook. It would be a good idea to check here for more information on Mass times, Confirmation and other updates. Santa Maria's website:  http://smacatholichurch.com/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/santamariaaddolorata.church.9 In these last few weeks of our RCIA/Adult Religious Ed program, we will discuss all the 'How To's" How to go to Confessi...

Hang on tight, we only have 6 sessions left of the RCIA / Adult Religious Ed program. :) I can only hope and  pray that this journey for you has been informative enough for you to make an honest "yes" when you receive your sacraments. We have just completed the Seven Sacraments. Just remember the key to each of the sacraments is God, himself. In each sacrament, God offers his 'grace' to us. The grace he offers to us is enough to sustain us as we journey on in life. Here's a the sacraments in brief: Sacraments of Initiation: 1. Baptism - We become adopted children of God and members of the Church. 2. Confirmation - Our baptismal promises are "sealed" with Holy Spirit. 3. Eucharist - The Sacrament of all sacraments. The true presence of Christ in the Eucharist, in the form of bread & wine. Sacraments of Healing: 1. Reconciliation / Penance / Confession - In this sacrament, the sins we commit after Baptism is forgiven & absolved. 2. Anoi...

My apologies for not uploading this sooner. I am including both class session's PowerPoint presentation. You will notice that one is for the First Communion Class and the other is for the RCIA & Adult Religious Class. You will notice that the focus from both classes are quite similar, with one exception; in the First Communion Class, I focused more on the Eucharist. The Sacraments of Healing are probably the most, in my opinion, misunderstood sacraments. Here's why: The sacrament of Reconciliation is misunderstood because we, as individuals, have go to a priest to confess our sins to God and the Church and we have to verbally admit what we have done wrong. The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick was thought to be for those who are on their death bed. Jesus truly did give authority to his apostles to forgive sins . This SACRED TRADITION has been passed down to the priests and bishops since the apostles. Jesus understood that Baptism was necessary but because of ou...