God continues to invite everyone to experience His love and mercy through the Community of the Faithful or Church. Many of us began our faith journey as infants with the Sacrament of Baptism. Some of us are called as children or as adults. Holy Spirit Church welcomes people of all ages to answer God's call to community in the Rite of Christian Initiation. The Children's Catechumenate is a community of children from ages 6-12 years who are preparing for the Sacraments of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation. In 1997 Marjorie DeBoice, Coline Vos and Cathy Bagnall attended a forum with the North American Institute on the Catechumenate and were moved to begin a process whereby children and their families are welcomed and initiated at the Easter Vigil. That first year saw 20 children receive the sacraments of initiation. The children and their families participated in the Rite of Welcome, the Rite of Election, Scrutinies and Breaking the Word prior to the Rite of Initiation at the Easter Vigil.