{"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":"2026-07-31T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:26:16","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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href=\"https:\/\/edgarcatholic.org\/stj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Does-God-Exist.pdf\">Does God Exist<\/a><\/p><p>Contact Nancy for more details on the classes at <a href=\"nhackel@stjohnedgar.org\">nhackel@stjohnedgar.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2404bbba\" data-id=\"2404bbba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7891b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7891b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" 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