Join Our OCIA Team – Walk with Others on Their Faith Journey!

Are you passionate about sharing the Catholic faith? Do you feel called to accompany others as they explore and deepen their relationship with Christ?

We are always looking for volunteers to serve as sponsors, catechists, and team members. This is a beautiful opportunity to journey with those preparing to enter the Church, offering encouragement, friendship, and support.

Why volunteer?

• Witness the transformative power of faith.

• Grow in your own understanding and love for the Church.

• Build lasting friendships within a vibrant community.

No prior experience is necessary—just a heart open to sharing and walking alongside others!

Interested? Contact Julie to learn more.

MEET THE CURRENT TEAM AND CONSIDER JOINING!

Bonnie Simons: My first church attendance was sleeping in a bassinet in the back of our little Baptist church in Seattle. I grew through nursery, Sunday School, children's church, adult church, and got baptised on Easter at age 11. We moved and kept going to church, through youth groups, college campus ministry, worship choirs, small groups. I never stopped going, but still I wanted more. So I went to seminary, learned more scripture and ways to worship. I served in Baptist and Methodist churches. Still... God led my heart and mind deeper into liturgy, sacraments and history. At age 35, I came home, into the Catholic Church. I kept going to church, of course, and being involved in parish and diocese as called. Some years I have been on the OCIA team. It feels like being at the heart of the mission of the Church. Every year, OCIA becomes a small group of people really sharing how God is moving in their lives. I learn from, and am so inspired by, these Jubilee Pilgrims of Hope!

Julie Romero: I’m a cradle Catholic, blessed to be part of vibrant parishes throughout my life that have formed me in faith and deepened my relationship with God. My journey has had three main stages. First, growing up in a faith-filled home, my parents’ example instilled in me a love for prayer, sacraments, community, and service; they were always involved in something going on at the parish. Our home was where many landed for coffee, prayer and faith sharing. Seeds of faith were planted that shaped the foundation of my faith life. Then, with my husband, Jason, raising our three daughters in the faith became our focus. My mother always said, “Faith is caught more than taught,” so I knew it had to start with me. In discerning my gifts of where God was calling me individually to serve Him, I was led to the ministry of catechist, Catholic education, and campus and youth ministry. Serving young people has been a passion throughout my adult life. Now, I’ve been working in Faith Formation at our parish for nearly two years. This work has been a great gift; I’m grateful to walk alongside people of all ages and stages in their faith journey through OCIA, small groups, family formation, sacramental preparation, youth ministry, and school ministry. OCIA has been especially inspiring because you not only witness conversion, but you also experience it yourself. It truly has renewed my own faith, which is something I believe all Catholics, especially cradle Catholics, should experience. All are welcome on the OCIA journey!

Geoff Craig: After the Holy Spirit led me to the truth of the Catholic faith and the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, God confirmed me into the Catholic Church through Fr. Kevin on July 8, 2018. I am a seasoned lawyer who God has called to use my legal skills as a Catholic evangelist to help guide people into the Catholic faith and create missionary disciples. Through the use of science, philosophy, logic, scripture and historical evidence, I love to show people the truth of God, Christianity and Catholicism, and help them grow in faith. I have given theology talks on science and faith, the historical reliability of the New Testament, the Holy Land, the Eucharist, the Holy Spirit, and other Catholic topics. Geoff leads small groups, is a catechist for OCIA, and a member of Parish Council.