Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate || June 14–August 30, 2026 (Inquiry) || Schedule of Topics
First Step:
Rite of Entrance into the Catechumenate || September 13 & 14, 2026: Rite of Entrance & Welcome
Period of Catechumenate || September 13, 2026–February 13, 2027
Minor Exorcisms
Anointing of the Catechumens
Rite of Sending Catechumens for Election || Sunday, February 14, 2027, 10:30 am Mass
Second Step:
Rite of Election or Enrollment of Names
First Sunday of Lent, Sunday, February 14, 2027, 2 pm Sacred Heart Cathedral
Period of Purification and Enlightenment || February 14–March 28, 2027
First Scrutiny: Third Sunday of Lent, February 27-28, 2027
Handing On of the Creed
Second Scrutiny: Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 6-7, 2027
Third Scrutiny: Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 13-14, 2027
Handing On of the Lord’s Prayer
Third Step:
Celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation, Easter Vigil, March 28, 2027, 8 pm
Period of Mystagogy || March 28–May 9, 2027
Final Step:
(Active participation in the life of the parish)
Easter Sunday (3/28/27): Introduction to Mystagogy
Second Sunday of Easter (4/4/27): Mental Prayer
Third Sunday of Easter (4/11/27): Frequent Confession
Fourth Sunday of Easter (4/18/27): Holy Communion & Eucharistic Adoration
Fifth Sunday of Easter (4/25/27): Sacred Study: Scriptural and Spiritual Reading
Sixth Sunday of Easter (5/2/27): Mary, the Saints, and devotions
Solemnity of the Ascension (Seventh Sunday of Easter) (5/9/27): Stewardship & Handing On of the Faith