Archbishop Checchio to Preside Over First New Orleans Rite of Election Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Sunday, February 22 at 3 p.m., Archbishop James Checchio will preside over his first Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion in New Orleans at St. Dominic Church. Over 720 people are planning to enter the Catholic Church at Easter through their parish Order of Christion Initiation (OCIA) programs.
 
Nearly 500 people, 236 Catechumens and 261 Candidates, will participate in Sunday’s celebration. Another 230 people will participate in a celebration at Most Holy Trinity in Covington on Monday, Feb. 23.
 
Catechumens are unbaptized adults or older children who are preparing to receive the sacraments. Candidates are adults or older children already baptized into another Christian denomination who seek full initiation into the Catholic Church through the Sacraments of Eucharist and/or Confirmation.