2025/2026  Schedule

   January  2026  
Location: Fontana Campus; Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm

5-Jan     Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

11-Jan  Sunday 9am OCIA Mass Dismissal*

12-Jan    Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

18-Jan  Sunday 9am OCIA Mass Dismissal*

19-Jan    Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

19 Jan    Monday  ** NO Classes :: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

25-Jan  Sunday 9am OCIA Mass Dismissal

No Dismissal January 25th due to N.E.T. Retreat

26-Jan    Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

*OCIA DIsmissals at the 9am mass are for those who need baptism only!!!

   February  2026   
Location: Fontana Campus; Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm

1-Feb  Sunday 9am OCIA Mass Dismissal

2-Feb     Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

8-Feb  Sunday 9am OCIA Mass Dismissal

9-Feb     Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

15  Sunday 9am OCIA Mass Dismissal

15-Feb  Sunday  Attend Mass & Dismissal
for Yr2 OCIC Only. (w/ OCIA also)

              Rite of Sending w/ God Parents

15-Feb    Sunday - Rite of Sending 9am mass

16 Monday: 6:30pm - 8:00pm OCIA

16 Monday: President's Day ** No Classes
18-February  Wednesday:   Ash Wednesday
Lent Begins

February  22 Sunday: First Sunday of Lent
Rite of Election ( Children OCIC) 9am
No Adult OCIA Dismissal
Location: St. John XXIII Fontana

Feb 28/Mar 1   Saturday /Sunday - Late option for Rite of Election

28  Saturday - ADULT OCIA : Rite of Election
      Sacred Heart Church - Rancho Cucamonga
Begins at 2:00pm
Must be there 1 hour before.!! Attend with your GodParent.

   March  

March 1 Sunday: Second Sunday of Lent
OCIA Attend Mass & Dismissal

2-Mar    Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

March 8 Third Sunday of Lent
OCIA Attend Mass & Dismissal

1st  Scrutiny w/ God Parents.  9am mass

Gospel: John 4:5-42 - Samaritan Woman
9-Mar    Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

March 15 Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Lent
OCIA Attend Mass & Dismissal

2nd Scrutiny w/ God Parents.  9am mass
Gospel: John  9:1-41 - The man born blind
16-Mar    Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

March 22 Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent
OCIA Attend Mass & Dismissal
3rd Scrutiny w/ God Parents.  9am mass
Gospel: John 4:11-1-45 - The raising of Lazarus

23-Mar    Mon OCIA Session 6:30pm-8:00pm

March 29 Sunday: Palm Sunday !!

March 30:   No OCIA Class & No Adult Confirmation
March  31/April 1: Tues 0r Wed: "Chrism Mass"  

   April  2026   

April  2nd: Holy Thursday {Memorial of the last supper}April 2nd OCIA Attendance mandatory

April  3rd: Good Friday {Attend a Service }
Attend a celbration morning, noon or evening in a church close to your location during the day of evening.

April  4th Saturday: Practice for Easter Vigil
In the morning !!! Time TBD

April  4th Saturday: Easter Vigil  (OCIA Initiation)
OCIA members will receive their sacraments on this date.

• Godparents bring their Candidates

• Please arrive by 5:45pm.

• Begins at sundown!!! 7:15pm

April 5th: Easter Sunday Hallelujah

6th: Monday (The Week of:) The Mystagogy Begins
6:30pm - 8:00pm

13th: Monday The Mystagogy
6:30pm - 8:00pm

20th: Monday The Mystagogy
6:30pm - 8:00pm

27th: Monday The Mystagogy
6:30pm - 8:00pm