This book with CD-Rom provides parishes with all they need to prepare parents and 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

Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, 96 pages