Baptism Is a Beginning/El Bautismo es un comienzo: Bilingual Reproducible Handouts for Infant Baptism Preparation

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 leaflets 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
Saddle stitched, 8 1/2 x 11, 96 pages