Roman Catholic Answer: The Easter Vigil is as close as we can get to the Mass of the first couple centuries, it begins in the evening, after dark, on Saturday night before Easter and has up to nine or ten readings from The Bible. It usually runs between two and three hours, and is very beautiful. During the Vigil, adults who are coming into the church are baptised if they have not been baptised before, all baptised converts and people returning to the church are confirmed, if they have not been so before. They then go on to make their first Holy Communion.
A Catholic Mason is an individual that has elected to be initiated as a Freemason. It should be noted that although Freemasonry openly welcomes members of Catholic bodies into the fraternity, the Roman Catholic Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith recently reaffirmed it's stance that a Roman Catholic who willfully participates in Freemasonry is "in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion". (November 26, 1983, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger)
The way the gang members are initiated into the 18th Street Gang is by a beating.
Depends how many want it badly enough
The Roman Catholic Church welcomes all to its Masses (services). However, certain parts of the celebration (i.e. the Eucharist) are reserved only for members who are Roman Catholics. To become a member of the Roman Catholic Church, a process called the Right of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) must be entered. Through this year-long process, people learn about the beliefs of Catholicism and at the end (usually during the Easter Vigil), members receive certain sacraments and become full-members of the Church.
Day of the Dead.
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No, they are in fact members of the lowest class in French society, the class that initiated the Revolution.
Its meaning is only for initiated members.
initiated members only
Catholic
a.one fourth members of either house of parliament b.half of the members of house of parliament c.half of the state legislature d.one third members of any state legislature
In the Catholic church, lay ministers are not members of the episcopacy.