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In 2024, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published the updated translation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA), which took effect on Ash Wednesday, 2025. Although many of our workshops were filmed with the previous version of the ritual text, the tasks have been entirely revised. The updated ritual text is required to complete the workshops in our OCIA Track.
This 11-minute video is a brief introduction to the OCIA process in general, introducing the periods + rites and introducing the catechetical, pastoral, and liturgical elements.