Children over seven years of age, who have not been baptized or who have been baptized, but never received in any formal religious education, are received into the Catholic Church through the Rite of Christian Initiation for Children.  Parents and children attend the RCIA sessions together.  They remain in the same room for the opening prayer. Parents stay with the adult group and children attend a separate meeting in a different room.  They come back together at the end of the evening for a closing prayer and refreshments. The children must also complete a full year of religious education in the parish church school.  At the Easter Vigil, children who have completed the requirements will be received into the Church.