The Easter Vigil is the premier time each year for the making of Catholic adults through the celebration of the sacraments of Christian initiation. For the purposes of baptism, "adults" are those of catechetical age (about 6 or 7 years) and older. This year, in 64 parishes and two universities within the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, 323 persons will have come to the Easter Vigil to celebrate rites that joined them to the Catholic Church.
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).
LEGEND
FI: Full Initiation • CCI: Catholic Completing Initiation • FC: Full Communion
• 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.
BLESSED SACRAMENT
in Springfield
N: Ellyn Baker, Rob Coberly, Meta Darnell, Jessie Hammond, Casey McCombs, Adam Skelton, Trevor Wallner, Mike Zengilani
FC: Paul Bown, Emily Monahan, Jacob Philip, Milani Philip, Jodi Resendez
LITTLE FLOWER
in Springfield
N: Ethan Hannel
CCI: Nickolas Joseph Stirens
FC: Stephen Emerson
ST. AGNES
in Springfield
N: Hillary Rikli, Nathan Bottom
FC: Jeffrey Cox, Kristin Fyans, Jessica Hargan, Genevieve Shelton, Joshua Shelton, Troy Stephenson, Sarah Tappscott
ST. FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI
in Springfield
N: Candace Miloshevich, Ronald Alan Wellman
FC: Darrin Jones
ST. ALOYSIUS
in Springfield
N: Beau Kauffman, Jaimie Lynn Kauffman, Micah Kauffman, Gary Warren McCandless
FC: Laura Jeanne Norman, Donna Marie Toigo
ST. JOSEPH
in Springfield
N: Ali Theisen
CCI: Jennifer Lea Reinbolt
ST. KATHARINE DREXEL
in Springfield
N: Catherine DeFreitas
CCI: Kraig Wilson
ST. CLARE PARISH
in Altamont
N: David Cameron
Ss. PETER AND PAUL PARISH
in Alton
N: Joshua Crane, Kristina Crane, Payton Crane, Jonathan Michael Lentz, Nathan Michael Lentz, Paxton Metz
FC: Nancy Ford Apple, Barbara Cox, Kerry Struif
ST. MARY'S (IMMACULATE CONCEPTION) PARISH
in Alton
N: James McKinley Hogg, Linda Jean Howenstein (March 2, 2015), Aaron Christopher Jackson, LaDonna Marie Mellenthin, Lita Marlene Pierce
CCI: Brian Anthony Schuetz, Jessica Lee Stemm, Leah Katherine Shaw
FC: Julia Alice Entrikin, Erline Louise Leady, Matthew Alan McLeod, Brenda Kay Schelm, Katherine Grace Schuetz, Dave Paul Slayden, Daniel Matthew Zorger
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH
in Arcola
N: Jenry Mendoza
FC: Aaron David York
HOLY CROSS PARISH
in Auburn
FC: Laura Ann Golden
ST. ALEXIUS PARISH
in Beardstown
N: Leonel Lopez Aguilar, Iverlin Severino Castillo, Andy Hanael Martinez Diaz,
Paola Martinez Diaz, Masiki Jennifer Mbengo, Kossi Didie Pignang
CCI: Leba Romain Ebey
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
in Bethalto
N: Noah Evan Petersen, Shannon Deann Petersen, Matthew Craig Woodiel
CCI: Steven Joshua Dennis, Evan Gregory Dugger, Ryan Edward Petersen
FC: Barbara Jean Davis, Tiffany Lynn Dugger, Josh David Lambie, Cameron Michael Wall, Jacob Allan Wall
ST. ALPHONSUS PARISH
in Brighton
N: Rachel Hawk, Kaylyn Elizabeth Holtorf, Leslie Lee Holtorf
SS. MARY AND JOSEPH
in Carlinville
FC: Amanda Cooper
ST. CHARLES BORROMEO
in Charleston
FC: Douglas Cealey, Curtis Garrard
EIU NEWMAN CATHOLIC CENTER
in Charleston
N: Courtney Osborn
FC: Nicholas Farison
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER PARISH
in Chatham
N: Patrick Kelley, Natasha Langen, Matthieu Sexton
FC: Jason Clauser, Jennifer Pecoraro
SS. PETER AND PAUL PARISH
in Collinsville
CCI: Ramses Anzaldo, Hugo Gonzales, Alexander Pina
FC: Timothy Jacob Kircher, Kerri Nichole McCann
HOLY FAMILY PARISH
in Decatur
N: Amanda M. Drain, Ashton Diane Nunn
FC: David Raymond Delbridge, Gregory Neale Elliott, Lindsay B. Kortte, William Wade Miller
OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH
in Decatur
CCI: Katherine Shaeffer
FC: Diana Monserrath Cuevas, Jose Guadalupe Landeros-Rodriguez, Gladis Lino-Coronilla, Ashley Perez-Lino, Cyrstal Pumphrey, Scott Rosenbery, Walter H. Rotz
Ss. JAMES AND PATRICK PARISH
in Decatur
N: Elizabeth Jett, Gail Maroon, Evie Smith, Caleb Speagle
CCI: Noah Tucker Edgecomb, Erik Alain Jones, Julie Marie Beland
FC: Esther Davis, Jacob Rogers, Craig Splittstoesser, Aries Thornton, Haley Thornton, Mary Tomlovich, John Vogel, Jr., Kimberly Wolf
ST. ISIDORE THE FARMER PARISH
in Dietrich
N: Trisha Garner
ST. BONIFACE PARISH
in Edwardsville
N: Braden Arview, Bristol Arview, Bryer Arview, Michael Brady Arview, Jon Eric Daniel, Michael Ezell, Serena Han, Emily Kay McCullough, Sarah Park, Crystal Reiff, Cameron Yobby, Ella Peeler
CCI: Emily Anne Albertina, Stacy Ann Hayden, Oscar Fredy Sanchez, Natalie Marie Rosales
FC: Alexandria Bennett, Jessica Grieshaber, Taylor Knolhoff, Deanna Lester, Tyler Mackey, Abigail Winslow, Cindra Winslow, Davis L. Young
ST. MARY PARISH
in Edwardsville
N: Abbey Jolene Gulledge, Emilee Rushelle Gulledge, Maryn Claire Heidt, Chelsea Morgan Smith
FC: Russ D. Gulledge, Anne Elizabeth Heidt, Colleen J. Nelson, Robert L. Nelson, Devon Elise Thomas
SACRED HEART PARISH
in Effingham
FC: Haylee Conkling, Jacob McWhorter
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA PARISH
in Effingham
N: Kari Kabbes, Angelo Mendella, Ben Mendella, Lexi Mendella, Taylor Miller, Ashley Rogers
FC: Tara Berendjy, Jon Budde, Nicholas Holland, Max Konrad
ST. PATRICK PARISH
in Girard
N: Alexandria Case
ST. CECILIA PARISH
in Glen Carbon
FC: Frank "Ross" Gipson, Sherri R. Luttrell, Logan M. Rasch, Anthony M. Swann
ST. AMBROSE PARISH
in Godfrey
N: Jeremy Elliot, Nathaniel Sidwell, James Sidwell
FC: Megan Skolasinski, Jean M. Heil
ST. ELIZABETH PARISH
in Granite City
N: Nancy Jacoby
HOLY FAMILY PARISH
in Granite City
N: Bethany Biggs, Savannah Brann, Dana Bugnitz, Connor Cardinal, David Scott Horton, Shealyn Jungewaelter
FC: Alan Arakaki, Autumn Gartner, Lauren Jansen, Añdrea Klumpp, Eric Klumpp, Rhonda Massey
ST. MICHAEL PARISH
in Greenfield
FC: Marcella Jacobs, Morgan Weller
ST. PAUL PARISH
in Highland
FC: Dawn Marie Autry, Shanon Michael Autry, Stephanie Lee Iberg, Derek Paul Schrof, Elena Schrof, Aaron Michael Schumacher, Stephen Matthew Vogel, Andrea Welsh
ST. AGNES PARISH
in Hillsboro
FC: Ashley Christ, Brenda Scott
OUR SAVIOUR PARISH
in Jacksonville
N: Mark Craigmiles, Daniel Dyer, Tracey Ptacek, Bobby Sellars, Isabel Haubold, Ella Stremming, Elizabeth Stremming
CCI: George Anthony Ptacek, Vincent Steven Ptacek, Peter William Warfield
FC: Wendy Easton, Scott Marshall
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH
in Jerseyville
N: Cory Alexander Mike
MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP
in Maryville
N: Brooke Larkin, Krystal Rossetto
FC: Craig Duffy, Jessica Duffy, Steve Evans
ST. MAURICE PARISH
in Morrisonville
N: Charline Elizabeth Beirmann, Nastacia Brettney Lynch
FC: Amber Dawn Skinner
ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE PARISH
in Newton
N: Logan Daniel Harmon
ST. LOUIS PARISH
in Nokomis
N: Jessie Bernard Hopley, Lorena Mana Hopley
CCI: Tony Grigoroff
OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH
in Oblong
CCI: Karen Elizabeth Boyd
ST. PATRICK PARISH
in Pana
N: Lisa Allen, Ruby Butkauskas, Apryle Johnson
FC: Brittney Craig, Amber Langley, Cody McLaughlin, Shane Sanders
ST. MARY PARISH
in Paris
N: Danielle Nichole Cary
CCI: Vicki S. Ballard
FC: Brittany E. Irwin
ST. PETER PARISH
in Petersburg
N: Brittany Dura, Jaidyn Dura, John Mark Jones, Blake McDaniel
FC: Adam Friday
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH
in Pierron
FC: Gregg Sutterfield
ST. MARY PARISH
in Pittsfield
N: Robert Knight
FC: Kevin Stuart Williams
ST. FRANCIS SOLANUS PARISH
in Quincy
N: Ryan Shinn
CCI: John A. Schmitz
BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH
in Quincy
N: Kole Phil Lohman, Collin Smith, Kyla Walton, Lawana Dawn Wood, Kristy Doellman
ST. PETER PARISH
in Quincy
N: James Campbell, Derek Gosnell, Laura Lansing, Michelle Meador, Kristin Sturhahn
CCI: Nathan Lansing, Ashley Marie Meyer
FC: Merrie Colgrove, Rebecca Gosnell, Michel Lyn Grue, John Hauk, Lacey Hauk, Tige William Jones, Kathy Kerkhoff, Scott Larson, Ashley Venvertloh
ST. JAMES PARISH
in Riverton
FC: Jessica Miller
ST. ELIZABETH PARISH
in Robinson
FC: Joel York
ST. JUDE PARISH
in Rochester
N: Joshua Barnard, Colt Hubble
ST. JOHN VIANNEY PARISH
in Sherman
N: Kelly Marinelli
FC: Emily Legner
ANNUNCIATION PARISH
in Shumway
FC: Amanda Oldfield
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
in Sigel
CCI: Erika Marie Nichols
FC: Jessica Fritcher, Will F. Rincker
ST. MARY PARISH
in Taylorville
N: Alix Barlow, Courtney Dees, Jason Heberling, Bradley Molohon, Carrie Molohon, Hunter Molohon
CCI: Charis Hainaut Lowis
FC: Trenton Erlenbush, Rachel Peabody, Dixie White, Terry White
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI PARISH
in Teutopolis
N: Shayna Bushue, Mike Mayhaus
ST. JEROME PARISH
in Troy
N: Erin Michelle Bonk, Lindsey Michelle Springer, Charles Robert Stowers
FC: Kyle Richard Eilers, Jessica Louise Schwierjohn
MOTHER OF DOLORS PARISH
in Vandalia
N: Andrea Berry, Gerrid Berry, Lana Morgan, Megan Reiss, Robert Wyatt
FC: Teresa Beesley
SACRED HEART PARISH
in Villa Grove
N: Celeste Kappes
SACRED HEART PARISH
in Virden
N: Morgan James Theel
FC: Phyllip Kennedy
ST. LUKE PARISH
in Virginia
FC: Steven Ray Sudbrink
ALL SAINTS PARISH
in White Hall
N: Tammy Berry, Bradley Wise
FC: Wayne J. Alexander, Dorothy Yvonne (Vonnie) Goben
BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY
in Springfield
CCI: Andrew Lenhardt IV