The RCIA National Network for England and Wales had its roots in a small group of early RCIA practitioners who had experienced the Christiane Brusselmans's workshops of the early 1980's and were continuing to implement and develop the Rite nationally The RCIA Network is made up of people who have leadership roles in the RCIA process in Dioceses and parishes, and exists to support them in their work and to promote an authentic understanding of the Church’s teaching about the Rite These aimed to enable Network members further to ground the issues and ideas from the consultation in local RCIA experience and practice