In October 2021, Pope Francis announced that the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) would soon become the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA). At their annual conference the following November 2021, the USCCB voted to effect this change for the United States. Bishop Lohse has formally given the parishes of our diocese permission to make that change as well. This includes the RCIC which is the children’s adaptation of the RCIA, where the second “C” stands for “children”, which will now become OCIC.