Examines the process by which the Catholic Church today brings new members into its communal life by celebrating Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist together at the Easter Vigil, by stressing the living experience of the Church—not simply knowledge about it—and by making the admission of new members a very public event. Explains six principles underlying the RCIA and walks readers through the four steps in the RCIA process. "The presence of catechumens journeying toward initial conversion in our parishes models for us the deeper conversion to which we are all called. Conversion, after all, is not a once-in-a-lifetime thing," writes DeGidio.