Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion Participation

Rite of Election Participation

2026 Rite of Election Participation

Please submit the form below to update your parish's catechumenate coordinator information and indicate your parish's participation in the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion 2026. Even if your parish is not participating, please fill out the form to update your coordinator information and ensure we have a current list of contacts.

If the form submits successfully, you will be redirected to a confirmation page and receive a confirmation email at the email address you provide in this form. If you are not redirected, the form did not submit successfully, and you should try again. If you are unable to submit a form successfully, please call or email Jordan Newham at 573-635-9127 x 216 or jnewham@diojeffcity.org.

Catechumenate coordinator name and contact information(Required)

Note: If more than one person coordinates at your parish, please list the MAIN contact person we can reach out to with questions. This will also be the person the parchment paper is addressed to. Please do not submit multiple forms with different contact information for the same parish(es).

Prefix First Last

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Preferred Mailing Parish(Required)

In an effort to simplify and reduce postage costs, all correspondence for the parish(es) you coordinate—including parchment paper and instruction packets, if your parish is participating—will be mailed to a single parish. Please indicate your preferred mailing parish.

Parish(Required)

Please select the parish that you are a catechumenate coordinator for.

Are you a catechumenate coordinator for any other parishes?(Required)

Yes

Parish(Required)

Please select the parish that you are a catechumenate coordinator for.

Are you a catechumenate coordinator for any other parishes?(Required)

Yes

Parish(Required)

Please select the parish that you are a catechumenate coordinator for.

Are you a catechumenate coordinator for any other parishes?(Required)

Yes

Parish(Required)

Please select the parish that you are a catechumenate coordinator for.

Are you a catechumenate coordinator for any other parishes?(Required)

Yes

Parish(Required)

Please select the parish that you are a catechumenate coordinator for.

Please indicate if you will participate in the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion 2026.(Required)

Yes, we WILL have catechumens and/or candidates

No, we will NOT have catechumens and/or candidates participating

For the next section, please combine the totals from all of the parishes that you coordinate OCIA for.
NOTE: Not all parishes have completed final discernment of readiness for these rites, but to help us estimate the final number of participants, we ask you to estimate final numbers as closely as you can (don't forget to include yourself!) If some are not sure that they will be able to come, do not delay returning your reply. Please send in the numbers as soon as possible, as they will be used to ensure enough room is saved for each group on the seating chart.

Catechumens(Required)

A catechumen is an unbaptized person seeking to join the Church. Please enter the total number of catechumens that will be attending the Rite of Election with your group.