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2nd child and godparents?

mc0226mc0226
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So we struggled to find godparents for our DD because we are not very close with anyone who is catholic and regularly goes to church.  My questions is is it common to have the same godparents for both children or find different ones for each children.  I would rather find different ones but we can't really think of anyone.  I am catholic but DH is not and I am an only child and grandchild so no siblings or cousins to use.
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  • Erin0922Erin0922 member

    My older sister and I have same Godparents, our younger sister has one of the same, and one different.

    If I have more than one, I intend on having the same Godparents for them as well. 

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  • BhobbsdzBhobbsdz member

    I would think of the reasons you have God Parents.  We do not have God Parents for dd not will we for ds, but I thought one reason for God Parents is, if something happens to the parents, the child will be raised by the God Parents.  If this is the case, then I would have the same set for all children, but discuss it with them first.  That way, in the horrible case, something like this happened, the children will stay together. 

    Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but this is what popped in my mind first. 

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  • AmandaTooAmandaToo
    My sister's Catholic and each of her three kids has a different set.  However, only one of the sets is the family who would raise her children if something happened.  (I know that godparents mean different things to different people.)
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  • MamaMandaWMamaMandaW member
    Do you need to have a godparent? I'm sorry but I'm not catholic so I don't know what the rules/traditions are... but if I wasn't super close with someone I wouldn't just pick someone randomly..
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  • LLinMNLLinMN
    I'm only on my first baby, but I'm guessing if we ever have a 2nd we'll use the same set of Godparents.
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  • Erin0922Erin0922 member
    imageBhobbsdz:

     I thought one reason for God Parents is, if something happens to the parents, the child will be raised by the God Parents.  

    I think this is true if you WANT it to be - and maybe traditionally speaking as well. I was raised with the belief and understanding that Godparents are more of... guides on a spiritual journey. Mine gave me prayer books, helped me memorize scripture... and at the same time are incredible awesome people that I know I could talk to if I didn't feel comfortable talking to my parents. Like having a hip young aunt or big sister you can always talk to, but who will guide you in the right direction!

    DH and I have chosen ours, but they will most likely NOT be who we choose to get custody of our children if something happens to us. We would choose a family member for that... 

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  • mc0226mc0226
    thanks ladies!  It makes it kind of hard because we go to a catholic church and want our kids raised catholic and baptised catholic in which you must have at least one godparent who is also a practicing catholic.  None of our close family is catholic.  In our will our kids are left to DH's brother and his wife who are not catholic.
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  • cjillacjilla
    Funny, I could have written this post. At this point, I think we might just use the same godparents. They have already provided their Catholic affiliation paperwork to the church, so I won't have to worry about a whole new set of people to go to the class and get their priest's signature, etc...
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  • STW2009STW2009
    imageErin0922:
    imageBhobbsdz:

     I thought one reason for God Parents is, if something happens to the parents, the child will be raised by the God Parents.  

    I think this is true if you WANT it to be - and maybe traditionally speaking as well. I was raised with the belief and understanding that Godparents are more of... guides on a spiritual journey. Mine gave me prayer books, helped me memorize scripture... and at the same time are incredible awesome people that I know I could talk to if I didn't feel comfortable talking to my parents. Like having a hip young aunt or big sister you can always talk to, but who will guide you in the right direction!

    DH and I have chosen ours, but they will most likely NOT be who we choose to get custody of our children if something happens to us. We would choose a family member for that... 

    I think she's thinking more of a guardian?

    We chose DH's sister as the legal guardian if something happens to us. We may choose her for a God mother, but it won't be b/c we picked her as the guardian of LO and any future children.

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