{"id":9264,"date":"2025-07-30T11:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/stj\/?page_id=9264"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:21:20","slug":"ocia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/stj\/parish\/ocia\/","title":{"rendered":"OCIA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9264\" class=\"elementor elementor-9264\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-716123e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"716123e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15fcde92\" data-id=\"15fcde92\" 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elementor-element-114974e2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"114974e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a65d811 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a65d811\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fc42458\" data-id=\"3fc42458\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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