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St. Rita of Cascia High School welcomes students into the church

The tradition of welcoming people into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil continued into Easter Thursday, April 24, as St. Rita of Cascia High School baptized two students and confirmed six during an all-school Mass.

Son receives the sacraments and inspires mother to complete hers

Last summer, the urge to go back to church stirred in Adrian Gonzalez, 19. His family is Catholic, but only attended Mass sporadically. While he was never baptized, the urge to fully commit to church had been growing for some time.

Church updates rites for welcoming new members at Easter

Updates to the Catholic Church’s rites for welcoming new members in the English-speaking world offer an opportunity for Catholics to focus on what it means to be an evangelizing people, according to Todd Williamson, director of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Divine Worship.

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