The Rite of Acceptance & Welcoming was celebrated during our First Friday Liturgy. The Rite of Acceptance is an ancient Rite that recognizes the Catechumen's decision to begin the process of becoming a member of the Catholic Church through Baptism and welcomes the Candidates, those who have been baptized in another faith or baptized Catholic as a child, but never catechized in the Catholic faith, into the process of full communion with the Church. Please keep our Catechumens, Isabella Hayling and Reilly Ippolito, and our Candidates, Ben Kessler, John Paul de Marcellus, Connor Stevens, and Owen Conover, in your prayers as they continue their faith journey.