If your son or daughter has not received the Sacrament of Confirmation, he/she must be enrolled in our parish Religious Education program. Please click the Religious Education tab at the top of the website for more information.

If you are an adult who never received the Sacrament of Confirmation, please speak to us about our parish RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) program. Read more about the RCIA program below.
 

RCIA (RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS)

Each year on Holy Saturday during the Easter Vigil, thousands are baptized into the Catholic Church. Parishes welcome these new Catholics through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). The RCIA program is a process developed by the Church for converts to the Holy Catholic Faith who are above the age of infant baptism. Candidates are gradually introduced to aspects of Catholic beliefs and practices over the course of several months leading the reception of the sacraments on initiation during the Easter Vigil.

The Parish of Saints John and Paul provides the RCIA program to all desiring to come to know, love and follow the Lord Jesus by entering into full communion with the only Church He established on earth--the One, Holy, Roman, Catholic and Apostolic Church. If you have never been baptized or have been baptized in another Christian denomination, or have been baptized Catholic but have never received the Sacraments of Holy communion and/or Confirmation and you feel you are being called to something more in receiving the graces God imparts to the soul in these sacraments which strengthen us on the journey to Eternal Life, then the RCIA program at Saints John and Paul is for you. You are welcome to explore that call with us. For more information please speak to one of the parish priests, call the parish office to set up an appointment at 914-834-5458, or email Deacon Shea at [email protected].