Personal Journeys

Set a formation plan for each person.

Staff use recorded sacramental history, formation needs, and pastoral decisions to set the requirements, milestones, and next steps that apply.

Choose a person

The path changes when the person’s story changes.

Elena Garcia’s formation path

Not baptized · Catechumen

3 of 7 complete

Personalized journey

Initial interview

Completed with Fr. Daniel

Complete

Godparent or sponsor

Parish help requested

Needs attention

Formation sessions

5 of 12 attended

In progress

Next milestone

Rite of Acceptance

November 16

Journey clear

42%

Every requirement belongs to this person—not to a generic checklist.

Path updated

The person determines the path

Catechumens, candidates, and Confirmandi are not flattened.

Requirements stay personal

Only the forms, meetings, and documents that apply appear.

Attention becomes visible

The parish sees what is blocked, missing, or approaching.

Personal from the beginning

Understand. Personalize. Adapt.

A journey can be clear without being rigid. The right work appears for the right person, then changes when the parish learns more.

Understand

Begin with the person’s story.

Sacramental history, pastoral conversations, and present circumstances reveal the formation path that actually fits.

Personalize

Give them the right journey.

Milestones, documents, interviews, meetings, forms, and formation steps become requirements for this participant—not everyone.

Adapt

Change the path without losing the story.

When new information arrives, update what comes next while preserving completed work and the pastoral decisions already made.

A journey can become clearer

New information changes the path—not the person’s history.

Update milestones and requirements when pastoral review reveals something new. Completed work, notes, and the reason for the decision stay intact.

Sofia Bennett · Journey review

New information changes the path—not the person.

Records ready to apply

Before record review

Full communion path

Reception planned

First Eucharist planned

After record review

Adult Confirmation path

Completed history stays

Confirmation is next

Interviews, notes, and completed work stay with Sofia.

Operational clarity

Open the day knowing who needs you.

See missing requirements, pastoral reviews, and upcoming milestones across the program—without inspecting every participant one by one.

People who need attention

One operational view, organized around the next decision.

MR

Michael Reed

Candidate for full communion

Marriage context needs pastoral review

DO

Daniel Ortiz

OCIA inquiry

Baptismal tradition needs clarification