USCCB Announces Approval of OCIA

The new National Statutes were promulgated on April 25, 2024, and come into effect on December 1. 

The 1988 version of the National Statutes for the Catechumenate contained 37 paragraphs and included not only particular law for the United States but also norms contained in the ritual text or the universal law.  In their study of the statutes, USCCB Committees directed that they be shortened so that they are truly legislative, complementary to the universal law, and unique to this country. The new National Statutes for the Christian Initiation of Adults contain only 18 Norms. The statutes will be printed in the ritual and study editions the OCIA /RICA (in English and Spanish, respectively). Three USCCB Committees are in the process of developing a compendium on the OCIA/RICA which will include the 1988 National Statutes, indicating their source in the ritual text or universal law.

Ritual texts will be available by November 1, from:

LITURGY TRAINING PUBLICATIONS

• English
• Spanish
• Bilingual

LITURGICAL PRESS

• English
• English - Study Edition
• Spanish - Study Edition 
• Discounted Sets:
  • Study Set (1 English + 1 Spanish Study Edition)
  • English Team Study Set (5 copies of English Study Edition)
  • Spanish Team Study Set (5 copies of Spanish Study Edition)
  • Parish Leader Set (1 English Ritual Edition, 1 English Study Edition, 1 Spanish Study Edition)

CATHOLIC BOOK PUBLISHING

• English
• Bilingual