The dramatic rise in new Catholics receiving baptism and the other sacraments of Christian initiation this Easter is nearly double that of 10 years ago, especially among young adults.

OCIA preparation built on the spiritual curiosity of dozens of students in Philadelphia-area Catholic high schools. The young ...

Gallup, N.M. — Bishop James Wall of the Diocese of Gallup has announced in a pastoral letter the restoration of the order of the sacraments of initiation in his diocesan territory, making it the 13th ...

In graduate school, I was a staunch defender of the Eastern approach to initiation. The baptized child receives all at the same time the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist. This ...

This course provides a basic overview of sacramentality and the seven sacraments in the life of a twenty-first century Catholic. Against a backdrop of a sacramental life view and guided by text, this ...

Three young people at Adobe Mountain School Juvenile Detention in Phoenix were baptized by Bishop John Dolan on Tuesday ...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — In the name of raising up lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ, another U.S. Latin-rite diocese has decided to restore confirmation to its traditional place before first Holy ...