And here in little Omaha Nebraska, we have almost 1000! GO OMAHA!
Picture is our beloved and beautiful St. Cecilia's Cathedral where tonight, many of those 1000 are entering into full communion with the Catholic Church. Every parish across town is celebrating this wondrous moment tonight!
WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 7, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Tens of thousands of people in the United States will join the Catholic Church on Holy Saturday through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
According to numbers released by the U.S. bishops' conference, some 1,294 catechumens will be baptized, confirmed and receive the Eucharist for the first time today in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the nation's largest archdiocese.
Additionally, nearly 1,500 candidates, those who have been baptized in the Catholic Church, but hadn't received further formation, or those who have been baptized in other Christian churches, will become full members of the Church.
The Archdiocese of Detroit will welcome 612 catechumens and 913 candidates, and the Diocese of San Diego will welcome 851 catechumens and 1,036 candidates.
The Archdiocese of Atlanta reports 457 will be baptized and 631 received into full communion. In the Archdiocese of Seattle there will be 636 catechumens baptized and 520 candidates welcomed.
The Official Catholic Directory reported that 80,817 adults were baptized and 73,684 came into full communion in the Catholic Church in 2006.
Adults will enter the Church in every one of the country's 195 dioceses, and in virtually every one of the nation's nearly 19,000 parishes.
2 comments:
What are you guys doing in Nebraska?
Congrats and pray for Allentown, we were near the bottom of the list of the dioceses report that came out recently for growth and vocations.
We have 0 priests vocation for next year. pray for us
The Holy Spirit is doing BIG things here in the Heartland! Lincoln diocese has 30+ seminarians! It's the cleansing, sweeping orthodox TIDE...making a "clean wash" if you will, across the state. Pray for the more 'liberal' Grand Island diocese, though. They're still kind of stuck in the 70s.
We will certainly pray for Allentown.
susie
JMJ
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