'I Belong' is a preparation scheme for First Holy Communion.

It consists of books for the child, parent and catechist.

I wrote 'I Belong' because I was getting bored with the book we had been using in the parish for ten years or so. Tony Ford (parish priest) had inspired me with a new vision of 'church' and the parish paid for me to do a Diploma in Pastoral Theology which taught me a lot.  I also learnt a lot from the catechists at our monthly preparation meetings, the parents at their meetings, and of course the children themselves.  Each month that first year was a mad rush,  typing away on the old Amstrad, often past midnight, with a good single malt to keep me going. Then there was a mad rush the next day, getting the sheets round to Catherine Fletcher for her to illustrate them. Finally, photocopying seventy or eighty sets of four sheets. After two or three years Tony suggested getting them published .... and 'I Belong' was the result! I'm proud to say that it was the best selling religious book for kids for a while. Maybe it still is.