Baptisms

Please contact the parish office to obtain a registration package.

Required:

• Birth Certificate of the child / person to be Baptized.
• Certificate of Baptism for one parent of the child to be Baptized
(at least one parent is to have been Baptized in the Catholic Church).
• Certificates of Baptism for the Godparents
(to be a God Parent it is necessary to have been Baptized in the Catholic Church).

FIRST COMMUNION and CONFIRMATION

Please contact the parish office for information.

For the calendar of this season’s First Communion and Confirmation classes (and other important information for the 2025/2026 pastoral calendar for the Sacraments), please scroll further down on this page.

Marriage

Please notify the parish office at least six months before the marriage.

R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

HAVE YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT JOINING A CATHOLIC PARISH?

DO YOU WANT TO BE IN A FULL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION AS A CATHOLIC?

If yes, you are invited to join The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). RCIA is for anyone who is not yet baptized. It is, as well, for anyone who has been baptized in another denomination and would like to join the Catholic Church. RCIA is also for anyone who would like the opportunity to broaden their knowledge about the Catholic Church so as to participate fully in the celebration of Holy Mass.

As this pastoral year begins, it is a time to count our blessings and to recognize the goodness of God from whom all good things come, and we celebrate this with a family feast called ‘the Eucharist’. Would you like to join us at the table of the Lord’s Eucharist but can’t because you are not Catholic? Want to do something about it? Call Resurrection of our Lord Parish office.

WHAT IS RCIA?

RCIA is described as a journey, a process. The process of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults prepares a person to be a full member of the Catholic Church. The purpose of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the preparation of catechumens or candidates for the sacraments of initiation, namely: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, and for the sacrament of Reconciliation for those who were baptized previously and preparing themselves to receive the other sacraments.

Participants in the RCIA are known as catechumens. (The core of the process of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is to be found in the ‘Period of the Catechumenate’ – the time of preparation of a catechumen.)

The Rite affirms that the Period of the Catechumenate “is an extended period during which the candidates are given suitable pastoral formation and guidance aimed at training them in the Christian life” (75 [Latin 19]). It is indicated that this is to be achieved in four ways. It is these four ways that build Church: catechesis,

community, liturgy and apostolate.

Through RCIA, the faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life. By means of these sacraments of Christian initiation, they thus receive in increasing measure the treasures of the divine life and advance toward the perfection of charity.

The process has as its purpose the creation of Church. Lived and celebrated faithfully, the process not only adds members to the Church, but also clearly affirms who the Church is.

The three sacraments of Christian initiation closely combine to bring us, the faithful of Christ, to full stature and to enable us to carry out the mission of the entire people of God in the Church and in the world!

Funerals

Please contact the parish office to make an appointment with the Pastor to arrange the Funeral Liturgy and to pick up a funeral package.

Anointing of the Sick

What is the Anointing of the Sick?

The question has been asked as to what the Anointing of the Sick is. It is a reasonable question. St. Augustine said: “Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.”

Through the Anointing of the Sick (previously known as extreme unction), the Church commends the faithful who are sick to the suffering and glorified Lord, for relief and salvation. The Anointing of the Sick is not only a sacrament for those who are at the point of death, but it is also for those who begin to be in danger of death from sickness or old age. Moreover, this sacrament serves as the spiritual strengthening of the sick person during the time of illness when dying. The Anointing of the Sick has great significance for those struggling with mental illnesses, fears, and traumas – it strengthens mental health as well.

The anointing is carefully performed, conferred, first on the forehead (this means it is necessary that your forehead be visible when receiving the sacrament), and on the hands (hold your hands in front of you near your heart, with your palms facing upwards and your hands wide opened to receive the sacred oil).

Only a priest validly administers the Anointing of the Sick, since the sacrament is theologically considered to be the complement of the Sacrament of Penance. It belongs to the Pastor to decide who can receive the Anointing of the Sick.

If you have a request or questions, please contact the office.

FIRST COMMUNION and CONFIRMATION 2025/2026

Letter and Calendar: RooL Parish First Communion – 2025-2026.

Letter and Calendar: RooL Parish Confirmation – 2025-2026.

 

1^st Eucharist :  TEACHING MASSES/PREPARATION/SACRAMENT
2025 / 2026

Deadline to Register:  Friday, September 26, 2025.

Date	Time	Topic
Wed  Oct    01	6:30 p.m.	Class
Wed  Oct    15	6:30 p.m.	Class
Sun    Oct    19	11:00 a.m.	Enrolment & Presentation Mass
Wed  Nov   05	6:30 p.m.	Class
Sun   Nov    16	11:00 a.m.	Receive Cross and Our Father
Wed  Nov   19	6:30 p.m.	Class
Wed  Dec   03	6:30 p.m.	Class
Wed  Jan    28	6:30 p.m.	Class
Sun    Feb   01	11:00 a.m.	Profession of Faith / Apostolic Creed
Tues  Feb   03	6:30 p.m.	Class Testimony/Presentation and Confirmation Families will be Present as well
THUR  Feb 19	6:30 p.m.	Mass for First Communion and Confirmation Families (Day after Ash Wednesday)
Wed    Mar 04	6:30 p.m.	First Reconciliation Practice
March Break (Monday, March 16 – Friday, March 20)
TUES  Mar   24	6:30 p.m.	Explanation and Practice for First Reconciliation – Confirmation Families will be present as well (STOC)
Wed  Apr    08	6:30 p.m.	Sacrament of First Reconciliation
Wed  Apr    29	6:30 p.m.	Practice before First Communion
Sat     May   09	10:00am-Noon	Retreat
Wed  May   13	6:30p.m.	Rehearsal Day
Sun   May    17	1:00 p.m.	Sacrament of First Holy Communion