LEGENDN: Neophyte NEOPHYTES are persons who up until this Easter have never been baptized. Their long journey of inquiry and catechumenate was completed with the initiation sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist. Christians who celebrate FULL COMMUNION have come to the Catholic Church already baptized in another Christian community. They entered into the full communion of the Catholic Church by profession of faith and the sacraments of confirmation and Eucharist. |
Adults and older children, who have been raised in other Christian churches, can become Roman Catholic outside of the Easter season if they have already been baptized. The parish can celebrate the rite of Reception of Baptized Christians into the full communion of the Catholic Church whenever readiness for the sacraments is established. This liturgy usually takes place at Sunday Mass in the parish. The candidate makes a profession of faith using the Nicene Creed (the one Catholics proclaim each Sunday), is then confirmed by the parish priest, and comes to the Eucharistic table to eat and drink the Body and Blood of the Lord.
In some rarer instances, and with the diocesan bishop's permission in each case, full initiation (with baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist) can be celebrated outside the Easter Vigil. Although this is not the usual practice, it can be done when extraordinary circumstances prevent the candidate from completing all the steps of the catechumenate (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults). In addition, the bishop may decide that the candidate can receive baptism without delay because of a depth of religious maturity and Christian conversion.
In a survey taken by the diocesan Office for Worship and the Catechumenate, the following 36 persons have been identified by their parish or university as adults and children of catechetical age who celebrated initiation sacraments between the Easter Vigils of 2012 and 2013.
ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI in Springfield
FC: Paul Wonnell
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD in Springfield
FC: Steven Todd Stransky
ST. MARY, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in Alton
N: Richard Conners, William Galbreath
ST. CHARLES BORROMEO in Charleston
FC: Kent Martin
SS. PETER AND PAUL in Collinsville
FC: Robert Turnbull
SACRED HEART in Effingham
FC: Rebecca Denton Viverito
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA in Effingham
FC: Gary Wayne Beaver, Ashley Lynn Rose Ruholl, Larry Earl Mesengale, Heather Renee Reese Broeker, John Paul Kain
ST. CECILIA in Glen Carbon
FC: LaDonna Kaye Holshouser
OUR SAVIOUR in Jacksonville
N: Julbert Jaimes
FC: Katelyn Chumley, Tracy Gilmore, Josie Nix
ST. ROSE OF LIMA in Montrose
FC: James Blade
BLESSED SACRAMENT in Quincy
N: Sheri Kay Gibson, Kalob L. Lowary, Claire L. Logan, Betty Wolf
FC: Lana Marie Krigbaum, Shane L. Logan, Melissa J. Logan
ST. FRANCIS SOLANUS in Quincy
FC: Kent Andrew, Lee Carpenter, Jefferson Coy, Adam Hendrian, David Pillars, Warren Woodward
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI in Teutopolis
FC: Beth Heuerman, Destiny Cameron, Meghan Deters
ST. JEROME in Troy
N: Hope Schaefer Sampson
FC: Michael John Dietz