The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), the yearlong process of joining the Catholic Church, is most effective when laypeople and priests work together and when the learning process ...

In his new book, Becoming Catholic, the sociologist David Yamane tells the story of Deacon Zeke, the coordinator of adult religious education for a parish in the Midwest. Professor Yamane sat in on ...

Millions of Americans have joined the Catholic Church through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults or RCIA. Adult converts typically join the Catholic Church on Easter, but their initiation ...

In a commentary for NCR, Jesuit Fr. Thomas Acker says that since the first publication of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults manual was almost 50 years ago and with a decline in church ...

Every Easter vigil, dioceses across the United States welcome thousands of new converts into the Catholic Church through RCIA. But how a parish’s RCIA efforts prepare and support new converts to be ...

WASHINGTON — When Kristen Studebaker decided to inquire about becoming Catholic at her local Catholic church, she was looking for a church home. What the former evangelical and Presbyterian discovered ...