Each year, as our Catholic High Schools take up the task of forming and evangelizing every student in their care, we have the happy problem of discerning how to minister to students who wish to become Catholic.

Motivated by this and by the new National Statutes of the OCIA, the Center for the New Evangelization, in collaboration with the Office for Divine Worship and Sacraments and the Catholic Schools Office, have developed the following policy.

This policy outlines what a partnership between the parish and the school might look like so that our schools can play an important role in the Christian initiation of our students while still ensuring that the parish is the primary context for this journey.

If you have any questions, contact Nicholas Hardesty (nhardesty@catholicaoc.org).