Office of Religious Education
Robert Russo, Director of Religious Education
Phone 228-380-0365
Email:
rrusso@stjamescatholicchurch.com
BAPTISM
“I will sprinkle clean water
upon you to cleanse you from all impurities; I will give you a new heart and
place a new spirit within you.” Ezekiel 36:25-26
Parents with
children under the age of reason, who would like to get their child baptized,
please call Deacon Henderson
(228) 209 - 6990
(CCD)Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (2007 –
2008)
Grades PK-5: ![MCj03972420000[1]](Religious%20Ed%20Page_files/image009.gif)
meet Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in St James
School cafeteria.
Grades 6-8: meet Sundays at 6:45 p.m. in Youth Room
(upstairs Parish Office).
High school grades ![MCj03972420000[1]](Religious%20Ed%20Page_files/image010.gif)
meet on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in Youth
Room (upstairs Parish Office).
(RCIC) Rite
of Christian Initiation of Children (2007 – 2008)
Sundays at
4:00 p.m. in Youth Room (upstairs Parish Office)
(RCIT) Rite
of Christian Initiation of Teens (2007 – 2008)
Sundays at
4:00 p.m. in the Youth Room (upstairs Parish Office)
What is the Rite of
Christian Initiation?
Christian Initiation is a process of formation and conversion
that prepares individuals for the reception of the Sacraments of Initiation
(Baptism, Confirmation & Eucharist).
The reception of the Sacraments is extremely important, and
therefore preparation and necessary readiness is of the highest priority. This
explains why RCIC is a long process.
It is a process not a program, because it is dealing with persons
who are all at different places in their walk with God.
Liturgy
There are three major liturgical gateways (or rites) in
RCIC. These are very important to the
entire process because in them, God gives the grace needed
for conversion.
There are periods of teaching and formation followed by the rites,
which provide the grace needed to put the teaching into practice. The most
important of these rites is the Rite of the Sacraments of Initiation, in
which the sacraments themselves are received.
Importance of Grace
Grace is God’s divine life freely shared with us.
Grace is freely given by God as a gift for our benefit. The Christian
life cannot be lived without it.
The rites that lead up to reception of the Sacraments of Initiation
are so important because they provide grace.