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New Catholics will enter the Church during the Easter vigil on Holy Saturday, April 15. These 585 people have participated in their parish’s Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
Elect, formerly known as catechumens, are those people who have never been baptized and want to enter the Church. During the Easter vigil, they will be baptized, confirmed and receive their first Communion.
Baptized Christians who wish to become Catholic are called “candidates.” At the Easter vigil, they will make a profession of faith and be confirmed and receive their first Communion.
St. Mary
Kyra Dawn Cunningham
St. Mary
Camila Arguelles
Osmar Arguelles
Austan G. Lee
Katheleen Ramirez
Our Lady of Fatima
Nadia Flores-Aiva
Patrick Harrington
Kimberly White
St. Stephen
Madeline Fink
Lance Jablonski
Anuradha Nagalingam
Bud Price
Fernando Silva
Anna Watson
Tristen Watson
St. Anne
Tonya Mendez
Immaculate Conception
Antwone Carnes
Kobe Heard
Brandon Meadows
St. Michael
Jessica Inabinett
Jacob Powell
Connor Sandefer
Daniel Sandefer
St. Joseph
Blin Ekra
Decloma Morrisey
Billy York
St. Augustine
Usiel Arcos
St. Barbara
Emmanuel Alamo
Axel Yair Andraca
Deisy Basilio
Yaki Basilio
Carlos Alejandro Cerrato Garcia
Michael Antonio Elizondo
Lindsey Hernandez
Jesus Antonio Lopez Velazquez
Armando Salazar Jr.
Esmeralda Salazar
Bianca Vianett Solis Camacho
Braxton Torres
Holy Redeemer
Jaseniea Alvarez
Gerardo Balbuena
Jasmin Balbuena
Xochilt Gomes
Nidia Mendez
Daniela Perez
Eduardo Ramos
Joana Ramos
Jorge Ramos
Sarah Rodríguez
St. Joseph
Barry Bailey
Patrick Bohannan
Brandon Bryant
Melissa Bustillos
Nathalie Calderon
Arely Fuentes
Michael Hill
Tad Nedeau
Ramon Pesqueira
Hayden Stone
Mya Tran
St. Thomas Aquinas
Kerby Michelle Keller
Kelsey Virginia Smith
Amy Joyce Wessenberg
Christ the King
Marcos Castro
Angel Cordova
Alex Duque
Heath Hixon
Blake Metcalf
Stephanie Phillips
Immaculate Conception
Miliani Beltran
Alexa Castro
Edward Duran
Sarai Duran
Andrew Gomez
Roberto Luna Jr.
Genesis Naranjo
Joseph Naranjo
Danna Rodriguez
Kleber Rodriguez
Jenny Rosales
Marissa Sanchez
James Wood
Angel Zelaya
Bryan Zelaya
St. Boniface
Jordan Geotes
Joshua Geotes
Bounleua Nguyen
St. John
Haley Reynolds
James Reynolds
St. Jude
William Burton
Daniel McCullar
Walter Powell
Anna Smith
Bronson Wiborn
Blessed Sacrament
Brad Cochran
Brian Scott Higdon
Erasmo “Jr” Hinojosa
Marcus Jones
Matt Wallace
Cathedral of St. Andrew
Kevin Van Goines
Adrien Grossheim
Samantha King
Christ the King
Addison Bailey
Seth Bailey
Silas Bailey
Presleigh Bass
Aaden Michael Bowe
Landan Bowe
Ruby Clesi
Adam Guthrey
Riko Guzman
Sophia Guzman
Lucy Janton
Ronan Rutherford
Caleb Snow
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Daniel Omar Rivera
Nayeli Rivera
Yonathan Rocha Villasenor
Our Lady of the Holy Souls
Graci Lewis
Briann Li Mandri
Lori Truelock
St. Edward
Dulce Acosta
Alex Chavarria-Gomez
Juan Carlos Chavarria-Gomez
Sarah Elizabeth Cullen
Brian Elihu Davila
Shawn McCain
Abril Melo
Sheena Marie Pacheco
Alexandro Padilla
Ashley Padilla
Lila Tompson
Kyla Joe Welsh
St. Theresa
Gael Emiliano Flores
Julian French
Diana Gabriela Guevara
Cynthia M. Ledesma
Wilbert Antonio Lopez
Anna Laura Morales
Brianna Rojas Ortiz
Oscar Silva Lopez
Joe Torres-Sanchez
Kassandra Yadira Torres-Sanchez
Susan Jasmin Torres-Sanchez
St. Agnes
David Thomas
Zackary Wyant
St. Peter the Fisherman
Breelyn Arms
Monica Chafin
YuYan Zhu
St. Martin
Luis Flores
Diana Sanchez Hernandez
Samantha Sanchez Hernandez
Cynthia Karina Herrera
Audrey Mercado
Dylan Mercado
Santiago Moreno
Immaculate Conception
Michael Boyer
Colton Kinard
Jonathan Kinard
Devin McDowell
William Scott
Sofia Theodore
Jesse Velazquez
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Marche)
Neaven Nichols
Rodney Nichols Jr.
Seth Roswell
St. Anne
Rey Lugo de la Cruz
Daniela Abigail Navarro Alvarado
Roxana Yolibeth Navarro Alvarado
St. Mary
Stan Adams
St. Paul
Ernie Durbin
Kara Kincade
St. Vincent de Paul
Gael Bejar
Aylin Bonilla
Oscar Chang
Mariah Eichorst
Viviana Garcia
Sean Harding
Kimberly Hernandez
Teresa Johnson
Daniela Jurado
David Jurado
Diana Jurado
Dominick Jurado
Alice Layton
Dulce Lozano
Pablo Madrigal
Everardo Martinez
Michelle Martinez
Maylee Maynard
Saul Morales Jr.
Edith Vanessa Navarrete
Mia Ochoa
Allison Oliphant
Carson Oliphant
Jaheidi Ponce-Garcia
Jason Ponce-Garcia
Lilianna Rivera
Raul Sanchez Jr.
Scarlett Taylor
Noah Vazquez
St. John
Kathy Bright
Kyle Owens
St. James
Henry Hung Manh Nguyen
St. Mary
John B. Colorado
St. Raphael
Brithany Alfaro-Orellana
Mercedes Anguiano
Avril Barboza
Megan Barboza
Jessica Bartolo
Luis Bartolo
Kimberly Calderon-Reyes
Ariana Camacho
James Camacho
Yasmin Cenobio
America Cuevas
Catalina De la Torre
Demien Delgado-Camacho
Alberto Esteban
Maryana Esteban
Michael Esteban
Andres Falcon
Jesus Angel Falcon
Andrea Victoria Gonzalez
Adrian Hernandez
Alexandra Jimenez
James Jimenez
Karla Leon
Melissa Leon
Joshua Lopez
Lizth Martinez
Ronny Martinez
Alexis Mendez
Damian Mojica
Daniel Mojica
Estefania Mojica
Fernanda Mojica
Anthony Nava
Silvia Nava
Arturo Perez
Ashley Perez
Cristopher Perez
Henry Perez
Emily Raya
Bryan Rosales
Casey Shelton
Kelsie Smith
Raymond Tedford
Kimberly Torres-Orellana
Christian Villanueva
Christopher Wahjudi
St. Edward
Mary Jane Cash
Oscar Osuna
Adalyn Vasquez
Logan Woolfley
St. Anthony
Eric Stonecipher
St. Mary
Joseph Dean Martin Styles
St. Mary
Steven C. Avary
Arielle L. Michael
Joanne L. Michael
St. Bernard
Angela Henry
DJ Henry
Jack Hoppers
Our Lady of Fatima
Alejandro Cuanas
Ben Ellison
Jeanni King
Tom Rout
Paul Michael Simonson
St. Stephen
Luis Davila
Tracy Deleon
Bob Evans
Beverley Harrington
Leacadia Harrington
Tod Lasater
Katherine Orr
St. Anne
Sandy Carloman
Sindy Garcia
James Codie McKnight
Adela Morfin
Ana Zaloudek
Immaculate Conception
Robert Beauchemin
Antonio Munoz
Our Lady of the Assumption
Hanah Marie Davis
Kaitlyn Nicole Ralston
St. Joseph
Chris Allison
Sici Argueta
Deni Balak
Haley Bryant
Leah Cutchall
Dominic Desiderio
Hector Hernandez
Holly Houston
Amanda Jones
Michelle King
Christen McCann
Rachel Moix
Donald Morrisey
Stephanie Mulkerins
Whitney Mullins
Kris Newell
Nathaniel Ortiz
Christa Quintana
Kathleen Quintana
Tara Raney
Clint “CJ” Simon
Jose Luis Yingling
St. Augustine
Larry Don Caughern
St. Barbara
Flavio Edgar Aleman
Maira Angelica Arias
Arlette Alondra Briones
Eloy Octavio Briones
Abelardo Cecilio
Jorge Gomez
Julie Leann Gonzalez Rendon
Raul Gutierrez
Marisol Hernandez
Olga Hernandez
Horacio Hernandez Guadarrama
Catarino Leija
Ingrid Lopez
Leticia Rocha
Cristina Santiago
Daniel Zuniga
Holy Redeemer
Mayra Mendoza
Katie Petitto
Cesar Sánchez
Marisela Sánchez
Rosa Tabe
St. Joseph
Davis Blakey
Matthew Blakey
Scott Bowman
Allyn Dodd
Vicente Espinoza
Melinda Gay
Pedro Henriquez
Wilfredo Henriquez
Whitney Hill
Mary King
Jack Lay
Grissel Martinez
Tanya Nelson
Joel Scott
Andrew Tarvin
St. Thomas Aquinas
Tyler Mattson Coleman
Christian James Goodnow
Stuart Michael Johnson
Erica Elaine Phillips
Jenny Ann Rainey
Christ the King
Kevin Clay
Lisa Clay
Lynsey Cook
Patrick Hansson
Emily Hill
Earl Swafford
Eric Wold
Immaculate Conception
Nancy Adams
Michael Coleman
Ella Harmon
Roxanne Hawkins
Jeffrey Ledbetter
Timothy Lively
Christopher Marley
Carrie Moore
Shelton Ray Rogers
Paulo Uribe
Stacie Wood
Zayne Wood
St. Boniface
Nanely Correra
Jenni Dunn
Carmen Ann Geotes
Marke Duane Geotes
Our Lady of Good Hope
Carolina Bello
Mary Ann Parcdes
Brook Wilson
George Wilson
St. John
Heather Barrett
Sherry Davis
Ashley Ryan DeHart
Jennifer Hare
John Selby
Terry Wayne Shelton Jr.
Ian Walder Soule’
St. Mary
Levi Jamison
Amy Miller
Chris Regenhardt
Stephanie Rhodes
Carrie Smith
Thomas Smith
Holy Family Parish
George Evans
Charles Hulke
St. Jude
Michelle Cox
Norma Ganay
Troy Gray
Jami Graziano-Husser
Macy Long
Lawrence Maxwell
Chris Nelson
Karen Powell
Angie Schieber
Tracy Weaver
Blessed Sacrament
Logan Bushong
Bryce Cook
John C. Dacus
Donna Dillin
Kristine Hood
Leah George
Ashley Gonzalez
Kim Throgmorton
Cathedral of St. Andrew
Laura Bartell
Jesse Becton
Payton Butler
Joyce Clonts
Sheila Gass
Steven Harrelson
Tiffany Lee-Franklin
Taylor Schwertel
Kelly Terrazas
Christ the King
Anitamarie Bell
H.F. Brown
Caitlyn Brune
Avery Cauley
Barbara Day
Emily Helm
Lindsay Hiller
Emily Kirk
Eric Lutes
Theresa Lyons
Glenna Muldoon
Charley Rikard
Stephen Rikard
Keith Smith
Byron Vandiver
Lauren Vandiver
Oscar Vandiver
Ronald Vandiver
David Watts
Caleb Whiteside
Justin Wittenberg
Our Lady of the Holy Souls
Charlotte Davis
Jessica Filipek
Jennifer Fisk
Tim Fisk
Zach Frans
Breanne French
Joanna Guzman
Susan Harris
Monika Hemenway
Jim Hill
Jesse Hohnbaum
Michael Howell
Griff Huitt
Elizabeth Lee
Thomas Lipham
Caroline Loyd
Morgan Baden Maxwell
Brooke Medina
Marco Medina
Hamilton Mitchell
Elaine O’Brian
Blake Peters
Lujean Peters
Dave Ripa
Laura Siddons
Upton Siddons
Andrew Watson
Andria Yakoubian
St. Edward
Kasey Estrada
Chase Jay Furrer
Sarah Marie Mendenhall
Dorothy Anne Robbins
James Phillip Young
St. Theresa
Jesus Gonzalez
Juan Alberto Lopez Ponce
Rene Merida Villatoros
Emilio Murillo
Josselin Noemi Rojas
Lea Mikensi Nondorf Tipton
St. Agnes
Malani Vega
Mike Vega
St. Peter the Fisherman
Robert Tucker
St. Martin
Manvela Puente
St. Boniface
Emmalyn Olles
Anthony Olles
Nicholas Olles
Immaculate Conception
Michael Crutchfield
Brandon Keeton
Dominic Keeton
Sophia Keeton
Colton Koehler
Kerry Koehler
Tiffini Koehler
Thomas McCullough
Michael Sills
Ava Wassell
David Wassell
Hunter Wassell
Melody Wassell
Isabella Velazquez
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Marche)
Marissa Hennessey
Carolyn Mendoza
Matthias Mendoza
Alexis Roswell
St. Mary
Avis Adams
Brigette Ashley Baker
St. Joseph
Joseph McGarrah
Jacob Nehus
St. Paul
Cathy Baltz
Anthony Cochran
Michael Hoose
Marsha Hunt
Lexie Kulick
St. Vincent de Paul
Paul Bushnell
Laisha Estrada
Michelle Fittro
Salvador Guadarrama
Carol “CJ” Hardcastle
FE Hardcastle Jr.
Nathan Keeling
Eric Martin
Ashley McEvers
John Oliphant
Sondra Oliphant
Kelli Piontek
Colby Yokley
Kasie Yokley
St. John
Rocio Avila
Seth Brunetti
Jessica Gutierrez
John Harrison
St. James
Vanessa Shields
St. Mary
Daniela Bolanos
Ariana Erives
Silvia Gomez
Abraham Gonzales
Blanca Gonzales
Diana Rios
St. Raphael
Genessis Amaya
Juan Antonio Araujo
Jessica Barboza
Florencia Bravo
Alba Brayan
Toni Fitzpatrick
Karla Eugenia Flores
Adriana Fonseca
Vanessa Garcia
Omar Oswaldo Gonzalez
Ruben Ivan Gonzalez
Irene Granados
Nicholas Henson
Gary Hobbs
Shawn Huddleston
James Jimenez
Ricardo Jimenez
Sean Jimenez
Miriam Juarez
Michael Kneitz
Judith Ann Kaczoroski
Alfonso Maqueda
Alejandro Martinez
Alejandro Medina
Kevin Najera
Victor Najera
Randall Parr
Susan Parr
Juan Richard Perez
Jose Angel Prieto
Manuel Ramirez
Kriscia Cristina Ramos
Elizabeth Reyes
Josaphet Rocha
Karen Rocha
Maria Rosales
Bibiana Torres
Monica Torres
Lorenzo Villanueva
Emanuel Vizueth
Roger Wilson
St. Edward
Arika Pratt
Josiah Pratt
Leah Rodriguez
Donna Woolfley
St. Michael
Shane Morris
John W. Townshend
St. Anthony
Mark Sloan
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