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Godparents...vent

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in January 2011 Moms

We cannot come up with God parents for the baby!!! This is driving me nuts!!

My brother and sister don't go to church anymore and DH's side isn't Catholic. Only one of the Godparents must be Catholic, but my church requires a letter from the parish of the Catholic godparent saying they are an active member. I doubt any of my cousins and most of my friends are active, practicing Catholics.

 I just need one family member who attends church!! Why is this so stinking hard??

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  • kknapp25kknapp25
    Have you discussed this further with anyone in the church? DH & I are my nieces godparents, we didn't attend church but we had to attend a meeting with a deacon. He discussed our role as godparents for her & we got a little church lesson, etc. then he signed off on the paperwork my SIL's church required for her baptism.
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    imagekknapp25:
    Have you discussed this further with anyone in the church? DH & I are my nieces godparents, we didn't attend church but we had to attend a meeting with a deacon. He discussed our role as godparents for her & we got a little church lesson, etc. then he signed off on the paperwork my SIL's church required for her baptism.

    No I haven't...that's a good idea though.

    We are actually about to join a new church. I was thinking though if it is going to be an issue we might just have the baby baptised at our old church where the priest knows DH and I, as well as my family. I don't think it would be a big deal there...it's just about an hour away though.

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  • nygirl07nygirl07 member

    I'm my nieces god mom and didn't need to have a letter from my church so I'd call and find out for sure.  They might just require them to meet if anything.

    Lo's godparents are my SIL and my brother and both belong to a church but don't attend.  I consider myself a Catholic but also don't attend church every Sunday.

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    imagenygirl07:

    I'm my nieces god mom and didn't need to have a letter from my church so I'd call and find out for sure.  They might just require them to meet if anything.

    Lo's godparents are my SIL and my brother and both belong to a church but don't attend.  I consider myself a Catholic but also don't attend church every Sunday.

    See, that would be awesome if I don't have to have that. It's just on the website so I haven't actually spoke with anyone about it yet. I need to check on this.

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  • DaniGirl0517DaniGirl0517 member

    I'm in the same boat since I know NO ONE at church and really none of my family are practicing Catholics.  I think I will ask my priest what to do.  When I went through adult Catechism to be Confirmed they assigned a sponsor to me.  I said this similarly in the Godparent post above this one, but when I was baptized I had two Godparents and now neither one is practicing (one converted to something else) and I see one of them a few times a year, the other I haven't seen since I was 6.  I'd rather people who will continue to be in LO's life.  Also here is an excerpt from the CCC:

    imageCatechism of the Catholic Church:
    1255 For the grace of Baptism to unfold, the parents' help is important. So too is the role of the godfather and godmother, who must be firm believers, able and ready to help the newly baptized - child or adult on the road of Christian life.55 Their task is a truly ecclesial function (officium).56 The whole ecclesial community bears some responsibility for the development and safeguarding of the grace given at Baptism.

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  • skoogirlskoogirl

    Same boat here.  I don't know that many people that attend Mass regularly and I'm pretty sure that a letter of active faith from their Parish is required at my church as well.  I suppose that we could go the whole no-Godparent route.  The people I'm closest to just aren't active Catholics.  The only ones I can think of that are are my brother and sister-in-law and 1) we don't like them that much, we love them, but just don't get along that well and 2) they live 500 miles away and have never visited, so I doubt they'd travel down for the baptism. 

    On a positive note though, my friend/the priest that confirmed me in NH and married me and DH in NH has already posted on Facebook that he wants to travel to Baltimore to perform the baptism!  I love him.

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