Saints LightGuide
Becoming Catholic, or coming home
If you feel drawn to the Catholic Church, or want to come back after years away, you do not have to have everything figured out. You only have to take the next step.
If you are not Catholic
- Call or email your local parish and ask about OCIA, the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. It is free.
- OCIA usually meets weekly. Most people enter the Church at the Easter Vigil.
- If you were validly baptized in another Christian church, you will not be baptized again.
- Asking questions does not commit you to anything.
If you are coming back
- You are welcome at Mass this Sunday. You may come without receiving Communion until you have been to Confession.
- Go to Confession. Tell the priest how long it has been; he will help you through it.
- If you married outside the Church, talk to a priest. Many situations can be put right more simply than people expect.
While you wait
- Go to Mass on Sundays. You learn the faith by being there.
- Read one lesson a day here, starting with Start Here.
- Pray simply: "Lord, show me the way."
Your next step
Other guides
- How to learn with Saints Light
- How to go to Confession
- Going to Mass for the first time
- How to pray the Rosary
- Examination of Conscience
- How to start reading the Bible
This guide in the app
Every guide is free in the Saints Light app, next to the lessons and prayers it points to.
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