The catechetical aspect of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is inseparable from the practical reality it seeks to inform. It is the work of teaching the faith so as to empower people to truly live it in their daily experience.
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[1] Congregation for the Clergy, General Directory for Catechesis (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1998), cited as GDC in text.
[2] See Sacred Congregation for the Clergy, General Catechetical Directory (1971), nos. 18, 24.
[3] See The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (International Commission on English in the Liturgy, 2022), cited as OCIA in text.
[4] See Didache 1:1; CCC 1696; Aidan Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism: The Rite of Christian Initiation (Liturgical Press, 1978), 36.
[5] See Pope John Paul II, Catechesi Tradendae, no. 28.
[6] OCIA, Appendix III; United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, National Statutes for the Catechumenate, norm 6.
[7] John Paul II, Catechesi Trandendae, 20.
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