The First Step in the Catechumenal process, in which the unbaptised are officially accepted into the Order of Catechumens. It is of the utmost importance that assembling publicly for the first time, the Candidates who have completed the period of the Pre-Catechumenate declare their intention to the Church and the Church in turn accepts them.
The Rite of welcoming is focused on those Candidates who were previously baptised but uncatechised to begin their preparation. The Church acknowledges that such Candidates are already part of the community by Baptism, and now surrounds them with special care and support. We celebrate the combined Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens and the Rite of Welcoming baptised but previously uncatechised adults, with Brad Plummer-Darling, Claudia Delgado, Ernest Ansah, Kamil, Leo Scott-Nicols, Levi Bonnet, Mark O’Neil, Sara Bibaj and Vincent Alarilla.