Baptism? How to....

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• kbfash member

  November 2015

  You may need to join a congregation first, but it all depends on the church and religion. We are Catholic and we can have one Godparent (practicing member in good standing with all sacraments) and one Christian Witness. My church is pretty strict, but I have two Godchildren where neither church required paperwork.

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• snowflake2214 member

  November 2015

  My FIL is Catholic, so it was very important to him our older daughter was baptized. My husband and I both were raised non Catholic. We ended up getting DD 1 baptized in the United Methodist church. The church was very accommodating as we're not members. We did not have to attend classes or anything extra. The church was very welcoming.

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• TeacherMom210 member

  November 2015

  For a Catholic baptism, only one actual sponsor is required, so really only one Godparent needs to be baptized, but it will depend on the church. Also, many churches won't perform sacraments unless you're a member.

   

  
  

   
  

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• aavila18 member

  November 2015

  In my experience at two churches I went to, both god parents had to be practicing members and had to have received all the sacraments up to confirmation. They didn't have to be apart of the church just up to date on the sacraments. I don't believe extra classes were needed but your best bet is to just ask you church about it. They should be open about it and give you options on how to best follow through with the process.

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• nicolelynn915 member

  November 2015

  I think it really depends on the church. We had LO baptized when she was 3 weeks. We were both members of the church and so was one sponsor. The other wasn't a member of any church. The pastor didn't have a problem. Some places require membership and others are more accommodating and will perform for anyone. I would just ask around and talk with the minister.

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• amylou512 member

  November 2015

  I am Catholic and have already done all the prep required to get my son baptized. I am not a registered member of any parish but was able to schedule one anyway. We also have one Catholic godparent (only need one) and one Christian witness. The biggest question they'll ask is if you plan to raise the child Catholic.

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• ElleMF728 member

  November 2015

  One godparent has go be Catholic and you may need to sign up to join a parish which is basically just filling out a form. Our church does require classes but it was just a quick one on one with some since we were getting our marriage covalidated at the same time.

  

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• kate913 member

  November 2015

  We are going thru this with the Catholic Church currently. At least one Godparent needs to be confirmed. This was the case when I became godparent for my nephew at our old church and is the same rule at our new church. Godparents and parents also have to take a baptism class.

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• TabulaRasa25 member

  November 2015

  Different parishes are sticklers for different things, you'll find.  

  
  

  Our son is being baptized this weekend in the Lutheran church (my denomination) that we attend, but it will be an ecumenical service, with my husband's coworker, an Episcopal priest, presiding jointly with our pastor.  Lutherans and Episcopalians are in full communion, view the sacraments the same, so this is doable. My husband, however, is Catholic, and while he still has ties to the parish he was raised in, we won't/can't have our son baptized there, because a. they won't do an ecumenical baptism, and b. our son will not be raised "in the Catholic church," he will be raised attending a variety of traditions' services, because that's what we do. 

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