Baptism

Infant Baptisms (infant - 6 years old)

Baptismal Preparation Classes:                        

3rd Saturday of the month at 9:00 a.m. To register for classes, please stop by the parish office at least one week in advance with a picture I.D.

Celebration of Baptism: 

4th Saturday of the month at 10:00 a.m. You must register in advance and both parents and godparents must attend preparation classes. To register, you must stop by the parish office at least one week prior to the classes and present your child’s birth certificate and your picture I.D. ONLY the parents of the child are allowed to register for baptism.

Godparent Requirements: 

Can.  873 There is to be only one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each.

Can.  874 To be permitted to take on the function of sponsor a person must:             

 1. be designated by the one to be baptized, by the parents or the person who takes their place;                                                        

2. have completed the sixteenth year of age;                                                                              

 3. be a Catholic who has been confirmed and has already received the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist and who leads a life of faith in keeping with the function to be taken on;                                                                   

 4. not be bound by any canonical penalty legitimately imposed or declared;                                                                                     

 5 . not be the father or mother of the one to be baptized.