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. CATHOLICS COMPLETING INITIATION are those who were baptized Roman Catholic in infancy, but were not raised in the faith. During this Easter Vigil, they completed the initiation cycle with 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. |
They prepared for this night in two key ways. In their own parishes, they took part in the process of formation and training in the Christian life that is provided in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. This process of training and formation in the Christian life is often more familiarly called the catechumenate or RCIA. They have done this for quite some time.
And then, on the First Sunday of Lent this year, they celebrated the diocesan Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Cathedral Church of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield. At that rite Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, in the name of the whole diocese, formally called them to the mighty prayers and liturgies of Lent and to the sacraments of initiation to be celebrated at the Easter Vigil.
The names are divided into neophytes (N), Catholics completing initiation (CCI), or Christians celebrating reception in the full communion of the Catholic Church (FC).
CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in Springfield
N: Kenneth Stetyick, Todd Styles
BLESSED SACRAMENT in Springfield
N: Jessica C. Hitt
FC: Kristin Kate Bown, Susan Ann Bown, Heather Ann Downs, Erica Lyn Kimball, Kenyatta K. Matheny, Owen Charles Meredith, Gregg Andrew Sams
CHRIST THE KING in Springfield
CCI: Eleanor Ann Messina, Kozi Onwuameze
FC: Paige Alexander, Lucy Alexander, Reese David Edwards, Grant Robert Edwards
LITTLE FLOWER in Springfield
N: Aaron Deckard, Breanna Kelley, Isabelle Luna, Alex Walsh
FC: Sarah Fafoglia, Carolyn Peck
ST. AGNES in Springfield
FC: Jennifer Hinman
ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI in Springfield
N: James Lee Martin, Stephen M. Singer
CCI: Robert J. Fehrholz
FC: Rusty Boswell, Bruce Johnson, Harold "Butch" Kendall
ST. ALOYSIUS in Springfield
N: Joshua Ray Painter, Rachel Renee Ray
FC: Sandra Gail Gilmore
ST. JOSEPH in Springfield
N: Jocelyn Bauza, Dustin Harper, Jailyn Desirre Rienbolt, Kiara Lea Rienbolt
ST. KATHARINE DREXEL in Springfield
CCI: Ivan Cuellar
FC: Jean Dupont Abama
SS. PETER AND PAUL in Alton
N: Holly Bunch, Michael Bunch, Sophie Bunch, Barbara Eden-Summers, Natalia Vecchione, Nichole Mortensen
CCI: Ryan Aulabaugh
FC: Matthew Bond
ST. MARY (IMMACULATE CONCEPTION) in Alton
N: Brooklynn Reese Coughlin, Michenna Grace Coughlin, Michael Spencer Coughlin, Isaac Tyler Drysdale, Kyle Edward Gancheff, Lori Suzanne Mouser, Tristan David Mouser, Emily Brook Stahl, Malinda Ann Strack, Nealy Jan Tappy, Sydney Michael Watts, Cody James Whitworth
CCI: Rhiannon Lynn Gancheff, Jesse Arthur Holt, Carolann Margaret Lang
FC: Nancy Lee Clubb, Sharon Elizabeth Cooke, Frank Shelby Davis, Kimberlee Lynn Drysdale, Kirstin Elizabeth Fischer, Jacob Lynn Ringering, Anna Lee Rodriquez, Rachel Dawn Williams
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST in Arcola
N: Teddy Dean McGechon
FC: Andria Elizabeth Baszis, Christopher Gore, Daren Matthew Herschberger
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY in Assumption
N: Brynn Hunter, Madison Hunter, Alyssa Hunter
ST. ALEXIUS in Beardstown
N: Lucero Villaseñor Ambriz, Hayet Aicha Massengo, Ketsia Divine Massengo, Nonnat Divaresse Massengo, Remerdie Ndiang
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE in Bethalto
N: Julia Annette Brown, Zoie Taelor Hedden, Conner Wade Hunt, Isaiah James Mitchell, Lincoln Scott Prater, Karen Marie Sconce
FC: Neena Nicole Kumar, John Jay McCurdy, Jade LeeAnn McDaniel
SS. MARY AND JOSEPH in Carlinville
N: Cynthia Gray, Albert August Heinz
FC: Sarah Boyett
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY NEWMAN CATHOLIC CENTER in Charleston
CCI: Stevy Hernandez
FC: Kenna Mager
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER in Chatham
N: Phil Bigard, Jennifer Curtis, Adam Feld, Doug Wormack
CCI: Brian A. Herman, Robert Anthony Page, Kelli Wormack
FC: Julie Wormack, Joyce Wormack, Ashton Nave, Dave Klintworth, Kristin Cascio, Shawn Mackey, Aaron Puchbauer
SS. PETER AND PAUL in Collinsville
N: Jason Boley, Kent Andrew Hayes, Madeline Grace Spinner
CCI: Amber Marilyes Vargas, Sara Marie Vargas
HOLY FAMILY in Decatur
N: Betty JoAnn Dettore, Justin Dale Marshall, Neil Joseph Ryder
FC: Kathryn Ann Naron, Gillian Shelby Stehr, John Ralph Stehr, Andrea Nichole Stewart
OUR LADY OF LOURDES in Decatur
N: Gerardo Mauricio Gudino, Maria Guadalupe Gudino, Jaime Musgrave, Maurice Payne, Anthony Segundo, Chad Wayne
FC: Justin Hesse, Rochelle Hood, Russ Hood, Robert Murphy, Gretchen Murphy, Jacob Murphy
SS. JAMES AND PATRICK in Decatur
N: Kristin Nicole Cothren, Sean Leslie Ekiss, Amanda Marie Ennis, Jennifer Ruth Farley, Carol Ann Hyde, Kylie Jarrett, Cyril Knuffman, Isabella Knuffman, Brian Shayne McLemore Sr., Jerry Allan Spain
CCI: Francesca Marie Farley
FC: Angela Marie Atwater, Tony Lynn Nicholson, Daniel Bryan Pollock, Matthew Nicholas Travis, Melinda Ann Flippin Kinslow
ST. ISIDORE THE FARMER in Dieterich
FC: Ken Lucy
ST. BONIFACE in Edwardsville
N: Niki Arview, Eric Denson, Doug Fitch, Carol Johnson
CCI: Kate Denson, Shannon Denson, Robert King, Alex Naeger, Bridget Steiner, John Terry
FC: Payton Blaylock, Kate Fitzpatrick, Justin Goebel, Sarah Kolesa, Allen Lett, Barbara Martin, Mark Schaake, Josh Ver Dught
ST. MARY in Edwardsville
N: Yvonda Ivory, Micah Russell, Sadie Starwalt-Cook, Ashley Welmon
FC: Karen Humphrey, Craig Stensland
SACRED HEART in Effingham
N: Tara Roberts
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA in Effingham
N: Amy Day, Joel Griffith, Rhonda Griffith, Amber Niebrugge
FC: Belinda Bledsoe, Stanley Brooks, Tiffany Gould, Marisa Schultz, Kim Weishaar
SS. SIMON AND JUDE in Gillespie
FC: Jared Giuffre
ST. CECILIA in Glen Carbon
N: Caitlin Elizabeth Dugger, Clint Reed Soldan
FC: Tracy Lou Lewis, Kimberly Gate Light, Colt James McLeod, Roger Jacob Reeves, Amber Allison McCall
ST. AMBROSE in Godfrey
N: Mitzi Erthal, Lora Mager
FC: April René Bean, Kiley Beth Bergbower, Gordon Earl Clark
ST. ELIZABETH in Granite City
N: Austin Bartlett, Seth Bartlett, David Tanner, Angela Whittenburg
FC: Jonathan Sadowski
HOLY FAMILY in Granite City
N: Kristen Collins, Amy Cope, Avarey Cope-Bettorf, Taylor Foster, Annalea Green, Katie Koontz, Aaron Lakatos, Lynzie Mance, Parker Merritt, Audrey Nappier, Blake Nappier, Abigail Piechocinski, Alexander Prifti, Anna Stearns, Paige Wallace
FC: Thomas Collins, Allison Hatcher, Amy Lemaster, Vinicia Schleicher, Rebecca Stearns
ST. LAWRENCE in Greenville
N: Matthew Weller
FC: Marcy Weller
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI in Hardin, Belleview, Kampsville, and Michael
N: Amy Moore, Stacey Ralston, Jaime Ralston
ST. PAUL in Highland
N: Brock Stephenson, Christopher Tegtmeier
FC: Mark Chapman, Ken Gustin, Keri Henschen, John Long, Mark Long, Stuart Medlin
ST. AGNES in Hillsboro
FC: Nathan Broaddus
OUR SAVIOUR in Jacksonville
N: Gavin Amdal, Daxton Baptist, Makenna Baptist, Dawson Dillard, Lindsay English, Isabella Hockenberry, Joshua Lewis, Abigayle Lewis, Briley Scott, Carmen Moore, Madison Scott, Randy Plunk, William Plunkett, Beau Shillings, Kaden Shillings, Kristy Shillings, Mitchell Tapscott, Sydney Tapscott, Amber Turner, David Turner, Bill Wooldridge, Billie Wooldridge, Chole Wooldridge, Deana Wooldridge, Gillian Wooldridge
FC: Cortney Bonjean, Elizabeth Devine, Joseph Dillard, Frank Emerick, Karen Miller, Tara Van Bebber-Dyer, Katy Stice
MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP in Maryville
FC: Bobbie Rose Cherry, Stephen Gale Rosenow, Edward Ernest Wiemers
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in Mattoon
N: Dylan Clapham, Maddalyn Smith
ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE in Newton
N: Corey James Benson, Kaylie Lee Hauser
OUR LADY OF LOURDES in Oblong
N: Jonathan Langley
ST. PATRICK in Pana
N: Ryan Jordan, Michael Malisia, Jesse Morrow, Bree Thompson, Brooklyn Thompson
CCI: Rosemary Ulbricht
FC: Kirby Casner, Bradley Davis, Tony Glick, Adam Ladage, Deanna Thompson
ST. MARY in Paris
N: Errol Hale, Shelby Graves
CCI: Lindsay Ann Moreschi
FC: Darcy Wood, Curt Debaun III
ST. PETER in Petersburg
N: Ryan Honn
FC: Hal Schirding, Jane Schirding
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA in Quincy
N: Jon Stephens, Megan Wellman
FC: Kent Fry, Kelley Hummel, Travis Spencer, John Wellman
ST. JOSEPH in Quincy
N: Rebecca L. Kill, Brandy L. Paben
FC: Brady Carl Althoff, Rodney Travis Ruppel
ST. FRANCIS SOLANUS in Quincy
N: Tarryn Benjamin, Leslie (Marty) Karhoff, Debra Derhake
CCI: Kevin Henrichs, Yadira Abarca
BLESSED SACRAMENT in Quincy
N: Sarah Malaney
FC: Cindy Humphrey, Barb Woodvine
ST. PETER in Quincy
N: Jessica M. Peters, Jacob Ulrich, Austin Chewning
CCI: Kellie M. Holtschlag
FC: Kim Gillespie, Kim Johannes, Eric Larson, Mark Mahsman, Terry Sherer, Rebecca Ulrich, Tina Zanger
ST. JAMES in Riverton
N: Zorene Nichole Aikman, Cindy Sue Rhodes, Makayla Marie Rhodes
FC: Danielle Elizabeth Boller
ST. ELIZABETH in Robinson
N: Samantha J. Johnson, Savannah R. Johnson, Dylan W. Johnson
CCI: Tracey Jean Smalley, Todd Hays, Kimberly Ann Newlin
FC: Lisa Thorne Hartrich, Chad Veenstra
ST. JUDE in Rochester
N: Alicia Nyilas
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in Shelbyville
N: Sarah Duckett
ST. JOHN VIANNEY in Sherman
FC: John Releford Zumstein
ST. JAMES in St. Jacob
CCI: Ross Bushur, Washington Loeffler
ST. MARY in Taylorville
N: Mike Dulakis, Carrie Pop, Shane Ross, Vanessa Wiseman
FC: Stacey Burchi, Wendy Dulakis
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI in Teutopolis
N: Morgan Turner, Sydney Stults, Chester Belleville, Kayla Henry
FC: Tiffany Hanratty
ST. JEROME in Troy
N: Valerie Ann Garber, Joseph Lynn Gaskill, Melissa Ann Hemann, Antonio José Luna, Liliana Margarita Luna, Nicole Elaine Mensing, Chloe Grace Seeger, Mikel Lee Symons
CCI: Jacob Daniel Crawford, Mackenzie Elise Petry, Morgan Elizabeth Petry
FC: Hayden Joseph Droege, Logan William Droege
FORTY MARTYRS in Tuscola
CCI: Michael Edward Masuga
ST. LUKE in Virginia
FC: Thomas Prather