This book with CD-ROM provides parishes with all they need to prepare
parents, families, godparents, and sponsors for the Baptism of a child
and for continuing support and formation after the Baptism. Eighteen
different pamphlets can be reproduced for distribution to families and
are enriched by the insights of Sofia Cavalletti, founder of the
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.
Topics found in Baptism Is a Beginning include:
- awaiting the birth
- a message to adoptive parents
- signs of Baptism
- choosing godparents
- a message to godparents
- an explanation of the Rite
- a message to grandparents
- praying with young children
- moral formation
- religious capacities and needs
- cultivating wonder
- a detailed plan for a presentation/meeting with parents
