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 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 2013 and 2014.

CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
in Springfield

FI: Sabrina Longcore, Gage O’Brien
FC: Jay Brown, John Bucari, Becky Dickerson, Christopher McCombs, Cynthia Starman

CHRIST THE KING
in Springfield

FC: Ariel Nogues, Shannon Swaney

ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI
in Springfield

FC: Daniel W. Roe, Kathryn Roe

ST. CHARLES BORROMEO
in Charleston

FC: Sierra Pendergast-White

SS. PETER AND PAUL
in Collinsville

FC: Rachael Ervin-Korte, Linda Giovando, Katherine Marchetti

HOLY FAMILY
in Decatur

FI: Nancy Milnor
FC: Debra Smith

ST. MARY
in Edwardsville

FC: Melvin Lee Eaker

OUR SAVIOUR
in Jacksonville

CCI: Kimberly Anne O’Toole
FC: William Joe Kruzan, Melissa Kay Scott, Tiffany Christine Bates, Amanda Jewell Elliott, Samuel James Nix, Monica Elizabeth Eoff

ST. PETER
in Petersburg

FI: Sydney Jonel Ashby Sullivan

ST. JOSEPH
in Quincy

FI: Megan Abigail Fessler

ST. FRANCIS SOLANUS
in Quincy

FC: Gregory Carter, Jill Fortner, Brian Fox, Teresa Jansen, Duane Jones, Joyce Waterkotte, Elizabeth Williams

BLESSED SACRAMENT
in Quincy

FI: Jack Barron Bartley, Claire Marie Bartley, Eric Charles Grace, Gavin Edward Grace, Levi Alexander Grace, Nicole Mushel Grace, Tiffany Fern Grace, James David Sohn, Jocee Lyn Sohn, Brooke Marie Turnbaugh

ST. JUDE
in Rochester

FI: Harold Sheppard
FC: Donald Farris Jr., Phillip Van Dyke, Eric Judy

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
in Shelbyville

FC: Lee Fackler, Derrick Osborne, Keith Taylor

ST. JAMES
in St. Jacob

FC: Judy Ann Touchette

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
in Teutopolis

FC: Aaron Stortzum

ST. JEROME
in Troy

FC: Susan Crabtree, Sarah Droege, Kevin Empson, Dean Gaston, Ross Healea, Peter Pipes, Heather Riley, Nathan Welser