OCIA

First Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.

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Date of birth REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter a date.

Place of birth REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.

Father's name Please enter valid data.

Father's religion Please enter valid data.

Mother's name Please enter valid data.

Mother's religion Please enter valid data.

Please list the names of your immediate family members, and their relationship to you

Baptismal information

Have you been baptized? REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.

If yes, date of baptism Please enter a date.

If yes, name of church Please enter valid data.

If yes, what religious denomination? Please enter valid data.

City Please enter valid data.

State

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Sacramental information

Which sacraments have you received already? (check all that apply) REQUIRED Baptism Holy Eucharist Penance Confirmation Marriage Holy Orders Anointing of the Sick None Please fill out this field.

Which sacraments do you wish to receive? (check all that apply) REQUIRED Baptism Holy Eucharist Penance Confirmation Marriage Holy Orders Anointing of the Sick Please fill out this field.

Marital information

Please check all of the following that may apply to you REQUIRED I am not married I am married I am divorced, but not remarried I am divorced and remarried I am separated I plan to marry soon I am married but my marriage was never blessed by the Catholic Church (i.e., by a priest). I was married by a minister of a non-Catholic Denomination, a Justice of the Peace, or other officiant Please fill out this field.

Sponsor information

Please see the following text regarding your sponsor’s role and qualification:

Can. 872:

In so far as possible, a person being baptized is to be assigned a sponsor. In the case of adult baptism, the sponsor's role is to assist the person in Christian Initiation. In the case of an infant baptism, the role is together with the parents ot present the child for baptism, and to help it to live a Christian life befitting the baptized and faithfully to fulfill the duties inherent in baptism.

Can. 874 Sec. 1:

To be admitted to the role of sponsor, a person must:

be appointed by the candidate for baptism, or by the person or whoever stands in their place, or failing these, by the parish priest or the minister; to be a appointed the person must be suitable for this role and have the intention of fulfilling it;
be not less than sixteen years of age, unless a different age has been determined by the diocesan Bishop, or unless the parish priest or the minister considers that there is a just reason for an exception to be made;
be a Catholic who has been confirmed and has received the blessed Eucharist, and who lives a life of faith which befits the role to be undertaken;
not labor under a canonical penalty, whether imposed or declared;
not be either the father or mother of the person baptized

Meeting the requirements above which I have read, I have chosen the following individual to be my Sponsor who will assist me in my preparation in the OCIA or adult confirmation preparation:

Sponsor's name Please enter valid data.

Sponsor's street address

City Please enter valid data.

State

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Sponsor's phone

Please enter a phone number.

Sponsor's email Please enter an email address.

Please attest to the following:
I am not a Roman Catholic Christian at this time, and I wish to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.

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I am a Roman Catholic Christian at this time, and I wish to be fully initiated into the Roman Catholic Church.

I Agree Please select this field.

NOTE: After we receive your information, a member of the OCIA team will be reaching out to you for a short discussion about the OCIA program. Please be on the lookout for a phone call, text, or email, and please check your junk email.

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St. Bartholomew Church OCIA Program Application