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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.

Vicariate II Mass revives tradition of welcoming neophytes

For Joyce Nordhus, Communion on April 28, Divine Mercy Sunday, was something she had been looking forward to for a long time. Nordhus was baptized, confirmed and received the Eucharist for the first time at the Easter Vigil Mass April 20 at St. Paul of the Cross Parish in Park Ridge. She attended a neophyte Mass April 28 with Bishop Mark Bartosic at Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish, also in Park Ridge.

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