Your child is a great gift from God and the Church invites you to celebrate that gift through the Sacrament of Baptism.
What is Baptism about? In bringing your child for Baptism you are accepting the responsibility of bringing them up in the practice of the faith. It will be your duty to bring them up to keep God's commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and our neighbour. Through Baptism your child will be enlightened by Christ. May they always walk as a child of the light.
Baptism requires that there is a "well-founded hope" that the child will be brought up in the Catholic faith. The first and most basic requirement of this is that the parents and family regularly attend Sunday Mass. If you do not already do this, please speak to one of the Priests to discuss your particular situation.
Preparation: The parents of a child to be baptised must attend a meeting to prepare for the Sacrament of Baptism. One of the parents must be a Baptised Catholic. Only Catholics over the age of 16 may be God parents as they promise to help the parents bring the child up in the Catholic faith.
What do I need to do next? Please collect a baptism request form from one of the clergy after a Sunday Mass. We don't begin the process by phone or email. The priest will be happy to meet you and be able to put a face to a name. He will briefly check one or two things. Once you have completed the form, please bring it back. You then be notified of the date of the next preparation session. Please remember that no date can be confirmed before speaking to the priest, so please don't make any definite arrangements beforehand.
What is Baptism about? In bringing your child for Baptism you are accepting the responsibility of bringing them up in the practice of the faith. It will be your duty to bring them up to keep God's commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and our neighbour. Through Baptism your child will be enlightened by Christ. May they always walk as a child of the light.
Baptism requires that there is a "well-founded hope" that the child will be brought up in the Catholic faith. The first and most basic requirement of this is that the parents and family regularly attend Sunday Mass. If you do not already do this, please speak to one of the Priests to discuss your particular situation.
Preparation: The parents of a child to be baptised must attend a meeting to prepare for the Sacrament of Baptism. One of the parents must be a Baptised Catholic. Only Catholics over the age of 16 may be God parents as they promise to help the parents bring the child up in the Catholic faith.
What do I need to do next? Please collect a baptism request form from one of the clergy after a Sunday Mass. We don't begin the process by phone or email. The priest will be happy to meet you and be able to put a face to a name. He will briefly check one or two things. Once you have completed the form, please bring it back. You then be notified of the date of the next preparation session. Please remember that no date can be confirmed before speaking to the priest, so please don't make any definite arrangements beforehand.