Christening Age?

Christina239

Are a baptism and a christening the same thing?  How old should my baby be for this?  Do most churches require any type of class or membership?  I'm new to the area and haven't gone to church in a really long time!

MrsHub

Yes it is the same thing. I had my daughter baptized on 4/10. We are somewhat regular churchgoers, we have not became members as of yet, that is the next step. I would find a church that you are comfortable with and then go from there.

IrishBrideND

the Catholic church requires you take a class before your first child is baptized.

 

LO will be 5 months. It doesn't matter how old though. I was baptized at 3 days.

Dr.Loretta

Baptism  a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

Christening  giving a Christian name at baptism

However old you want them to be, unless your church or culture has a prefered age.

Many churches require at least a class.

Call around and ask. They won't bite. And if they do, you don't want to go there anyway.

mjcleve

Age doesn't matter.  DS1 was 2 months.  DS2 will be 3 months but is being baptised with his 1-year-old cousin.  Adults can be baptised.

Shell24

My DS was almost 9 weeks old, which is older than my DD was.  His would have been sooner, but it was Lent so we had to wait until after Easter.

We had to go to a Baptismal prep class before my DD was baptized, but not this time. 

rchelone

We also just moved and don't have a home parish. We're Catholic, and we're having DD baptized this weekend, usually Catholics baptize between 6 weeks to 6 months. We just called the nearby churches to arrange it. I needed this weekend because my brother is from out of state and is her godfather so we had to have it while he was in town. We have a class to attend tomorrow.