This website will support you in your role as Principal Catechist in your parish; providing guidance for priests, for catechists, for sponsors; with thoughts on setting up an RCIA group in your parish; the diocesan RCIA handbook; various journal articles on the RCIA as well as links to other useful websites.

This website will give guidance and resources in your role as co-ordinator in the RCIA.  It provides guidance for priests, for catechists, for sponsors; with thoughts on setting up an RCIA group in your parish; the diocesan RCIA handbook; various journal articles on the RCIA as well as links to other useful websites. It offers help for your role in supporting volunteer catechists and will offer opportunities for sharing good practice and for asking – and answering – some of the questions that arise during the course the RCIA process.

The sacrament in which, by pouring water upon a person, or immersing in water, and using the words, “I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” the one baptised is cleansed of Original Sin and (in the case of one who has reached the age of reason) of actual sins, is incorporated into Christ and made a member of His Body the Church; he/she is infused with sanctifying grace and receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. The information provided on this page is designed to assist priests, catechists, parents and Godparents as they begin the catechetical preparations for the celebration of the sacrament of baptism. 

This website will support you in your role as Principal Catechist in your parish; providing Diocesan Guidelines on preparation of parents for Baptism of Infants, some thoughts on setting up a Baptism Preparation Group , and ideas and resources to support preparation of parents for the sacrament as well as links to other useful websites.

This website will give guidance and resources in your role as co-ordinator on the process of preparation of parents for Infant Baptism.  It offers help for your role in supporting volunteer catechists and will offer opportunities for sharing good practice and for asking – and answering – some of the questions that arise during the course of a parish catechetical programme.

In bringing your children for Baptism you are taking on a great responsibility – promising to bring your child up in the practice of the faith. This website will help you to develop your understanding of the Sacrament of Baptism – what is has meant for your life and what it will mean for your child. As parents your role is as ‘first and best teachers of the faith’.  The website will provide you with resources to support you in this role.

The reception of the blessed eucharist for the first time in a child’s life is a wonderful moment. Family, catechists, priests and community all contribute to preparing the child to enter this new phase of an ever deepening communion with Christ.
On this webpage can be found resources support the parish programme of preparation for both parents and children as well as material to give catechists a deeper understanding of the eucharist.

This website will support you in your role as Principal Catechist in your parish; providing Diocesan Guidelines on preparation for First Eucharist, help with recruitment and retention of catechists and ideas and resources to support preparation for the sacrament as well as links to other useful websites.

This website will give guidance and resources in your role as co-ordinator on the process of preparation of children for First Eucharist.  It offers help for your role in supporting volunteer catechists and will offer opportunities for sharing good practice and for asking – and answering – some of the questions that arise during the course of a parish catechetical programme.

The Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life’ (Lumen Gentium 11), central to who we are as Catholic Christians. As parents your role is as ‘first and best teachers of the faith’.  This website will provide you with resources to support you in this role, helping you to develop your own understanding of the Eucharist so that you are more able to support your children in their growth in faith and to lead them to a ‘full, active, conscious participation’ in the celebration of the Eucharist.