Next Catechetical Leader Gathering will be Tuesday, January 14, 2025

We will gather in the Hurley Auditorium of the Catholic Center. Our speaker will be Dr. Joseph White, who is being sponsored by Our Sunday Visitor. He will present:

A Future Full of Hope: Helping Kids and Teens Stay Catholic

We have known for some time that young people are leaving the Church in alarming numbers. A growing body of research gives us insight into why they are leaving and, more importantly, how we can build a foundation of faith, beginning in early childhood and continuing through the teen years, that will promote lifelong engagement and discipleship.

Lunch will be courtesy of Our Sunday Visitor

RSVP for Catechetical Leader Gathering January 14, 2025

10th Annual Faith Formation Day

Registration is now open for the 10th Annual "Western Faith Formation Day" will be held at Queen of Peace Parish on Saturday, January 25. This is a smaller version of the fall event that we provide to serve the western region of the diocese.

Schedule for the day:

9:30 am Doors open

10:00 am Opening prayer and Address

10:30 am First session or Part I

noon Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 pm Second session or Part II

These options of workshops will be available:

Basic Certification (Level I) Scripture ~Pat Cook, M.A. two parts

An Overview of the Mass~ Where Heaven and Earth Meet ~ Letty Valentin, M.A. two parts

Creative Ideas for the Faith Formation Classroom, including family activities ~ Erin McGeever, M.A., M.Ed Morning session

Jubilee: What is it and how do we celebrate a Jubilee of Hope? ~Erin McGeever, M.A., M.Ed Afternoon session

I must register now...

DOSA Welcomes the OCIA

Training dates and site locations for Pastors, OCIA Coordinators, and members of the Parish OCIA Team.

Outline for Training:

The Vision of the OCIA

The Liturgical Components of the OCIA (new, different, suggestions on enacting)

Nuts and Bolts of the implementation in DOSA

Saturday, January 4, 2025 Corpus Christi, St. Augustine 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Sunday, January 5, 2025 Sacred Heart, Fleming Island 12:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Thank you to our host sites for your generosity

Bring your OCIA Ritual Study Guide.

$10 per person

3/$25 from the same parish at one location

6 or more from same parish $50. at one location

Fee includes a meal and materials, but not the ritual study guide. Those will be on sale at location for $25 on a limited basis.

Register for your chosen location

If you ordered OCIA materials, the majority of them have come in. All materials pre-ordered are in, except the Book of the Elect.

Adult Confirmation

Bishop Pohlmeier will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on adults, those 18 and up who have been baptized and have already received First Holy Communion in the Catholic Church on two occasions in 2025:

Saturday, February 8, 2025 at the 5:00 pm Mass at St. Patrick Parish in Gainesville.

Registrations are due on or before December 30, 2024.

Sunday, June 8, 2025 at a 2:00 pm Mass in the Cathedral Basilica.

Parishes need to complete the registration forms and submit to the office 6 weeks prior to the celebration to have their people included. Incomplete forms cannot be accepted.

Adult Confirmation Registration Form

Adult Confirmation Check List for Parishes

The prereads for each class are now on the Dosaformation Website

St. Matthew, Jacksonville

January 11 and 12

January 25 and 26

Jotform to register