RCIA Rite of Acceptance

The Rite of Acceptance is an ancient Rite that recognizes the Catechumens decision to begin the process of becoming a member of the Catholic Church through Baptism and welcomes the Candidates, those who have been baptized in another faith or baptized Catholic as a child, but never catechized in the Catholic faith, into the process of full communion with the Church. It is the first of the “threshold rites” of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), and the first public ritual. 

In the Rite of Acceptance, a change of identity takes place: those previously known as inquirers become catechumens. They are officially welcomed by the Church as disciples, members (albeit not yet full members) of the household of faith. 

We ask that all the congregation of Queen of All Saints pray for our new Catechumens at this time.