Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)

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2024 – 2025 Registration Forms are NOW OPEN!

Registrations are NOW open! You can stop by the Parish Office (4329 Sano Street) to register for the next school year (Sept 2024-June 2025) or use the following link to fill out the Registration Form:

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) * COP Registration Form

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) * COP Registration Form Online

Once we receive your registration form we (the Parish Office) will contact you to schedule an appointment with our Pastor Father Alex Diaz. This is required to be officially registered for the 2024-2025 school year. Any questions you can give us a call, 703-354-8711.

***Please provide your birth certificate and if applicable, your baptismal certificate dated in the last 6 months***

Baptized Catholic but Missing Confirmation, Eucharist?

Interested in Learning about the Catholic Faith?

Are you in a Sacramental Marriage?


The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the process through which adults join or complete their initiation into the Roman Catholic Church. RCIA is for three groups of adults:

  1. Those who are not baptized.
  2. Those who were baptized into another Christian denomination and wish to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.
  3. Baptized Catholics who were not fully formed in the Catholic faith and have not completed their initiation: those who have not received the Sacraments of Confirmation and/or Eucharist.

If you are missing Sacraments, not in a Church marriage, or thinking about becoming Catholic, please join our weekly English or Spanish adult faith formation classes.


RCIA in English will be held on Tuesdays, 7:00pm-8:30pm beginning September 10th, 2024 in the Parish Office.

RCIA in Spanish will be held on Mondays, from 7:00pm- 8:30 pm beginning September 9th, 2024 in the Parish Office.

***Please provide your Birth Certificate and, if applicable, your Baptismal Certificate dated within the last 6 months***



For couples married outside of the Church, our priests are willing to help you prepare for the Sacrament of Matrimony, an important step to receiving the other Sacraments and living the Catholic faith as a family. Please contact the parish office and set an appointment to meet with a priest.

If you have any other question you can send an email to Karla Aleman, Director of Religious Education at k.aleman@queenofapostles.org.