Received Into the Catholic Faith

Pictured above from left to right: Sydney Arikian, Carlos Vaca, Rachel Scally, Keven Melo, Camille Cannizzaro, Gabriela Stacqualursi, Misti Bumila

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to our newly baptized, confirmed, and professed adult Catholics who entered the Church during our Easter Vigil celebration. Keven Melo received all three Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Eucharist. Misti Bumila and Camille Cannizzaro made their Profession of Faith in the Catholic Church, were confirmed, and received their First Holy Communion. Sydney Arikian, Rachel Scally, Gabriella Stracqualursi, and Carlos Vaca also prepared for and received the Sacrament of Confirmation. We commend these faithful candidates and their generous sponsors for steadfastly participating in the seven-month OCIA process. Our prayers are with each of you as you begin the adventure of living as a faithful Catholic. We also want to acknowledge the dedicated sponsors who journeyed with these candidates throughout the process: Fernanda Silveria, Pam Benoit, Jake Sturtevant, Karen Harnois, Karen Toste, Lola Roland, and Tom Wilbur, as well as the other members of our dedicated OCIA team.

Our initiates pictured with their sponsors, from left to right: Karen Toste (Rachel Scally), Karen Harnois (Sydney Arikian), Tom Wilbur (Carlos Vaca), Fernanda Silveira (Keven Melo), Jake Sturtevant (Camille Cannizzaro), Lola Roland (Gabriella Stracqualursi), Pam Benoit (Misti Bumila), and OCIA team member Marianne DiCorpo.