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September 2011 Moms
Poppymama
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Baptism card for Priest wording
Poppymama
member
Hi ladies,
I've been MIA for a few days as I have been running around like crazy getting things ready for A's Baptism this Sunday. So my question, we are giving the priest $100 and a $25 gift card to Tim Hortons (long story short, he loves Tim's and it's sort of an inside joke between him and us). Anyway, how do I word the thank you card? We are the only family that is having a Baptism on Sunday and it is at 3pm so there is no mass. We will also be inviting him back to our place for our little party with family and friends afterwards. Thanks for any suggestions!
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Re: Baptism card for Priest wording
I cannot be of help for wording BUT!! That is a very generous gift. Could you please explain to me gift etiquette for those that baptize your LO? Is it the same for dedications?
Also, how long has he been your priest? The Thank You should be more sentimental if a relationship (which sounds like it has) been built.
Well I'm glad you think it's generous! I wasn't sure what the norm is....as for gift etiquette I'm not exactly sure. We are Catholic but do not attend mass very often
. I'm sorry, but i don't know what a dedication is..is it a Catholic Sacrament? He has been our Priest for a few years now...I was never Confirmed and needed to be Confrmed to get married in the Church. DH was confirmed but the church where the records were kept burned down so he had to re-do it as they had no record. He is a wonderful priest, very down to earth and has a wicked sense of humor. Once A is a bit older we will be going to Mass every Sunday so she can go to Sunday school to learn about the religion.
Well shoot now I feel bad, we had B baptised on Sunday and didn't do anything!
Maybe just something about looking forward to raising her as part of the church community and thanking him for his support?
We had DD baptized Roman Catholic because DH is devout. (It's funny...I was raised in the Church, left, and he became the Catholic on his own when we married). Anywho. We invited the priest to our party after with a normal invitation that went out with everyone elses. He was the only non-rsvp, so I had to call him (it was at a restaurant and we needed a head count). He declined and told me I was very "old school" for inviting him. Yeah, whatever.
We gave $200 in the card. In it, I wrote (per my uber Catholic, psychotic, oops, that's not relevant, mother's instructions): "Thank you for welcoming our daughter into the Church. Please accept $100 as a token of our thanks for your time and $100 as a donation to the church."
The end.
This is very interesting to me that you give a priest a gift. Is this the norm? random question?Do you do this for priests that perform mass for a funeral?
A dedication is a ceremony of a Christian denomination. We have not found a church we LOVE yet so we are holding off until we know we will be raising Bo within that church community.
Again, I was well indoctrinated before I finally left the Church. You most certainly give the priest a gift for the funeral, of no less than $100 in my family.
*insert eye roll here*
Maybe it's a regional thing? I've never heard of that in our church(es) and we've had 4 baptisms, 2 diff churches. Never heard of it among my friends either. We're Catholic, go every week, kids go to school there, know and love the priests. hmmm.
Elizabeth