Infant Baptism

Congratulations on your new baby!

Baptism is the first step of your child’s journey to God. This sacred ritual is also a joyous family event, rich with meaning and spiritual symbolism.  Your faith is essential for the steps which your child will take on this journey through life. May God bless you in His love and give you all that you will need as you embark on this most precious adventure of a lifetime!

It has been the constant practice of the Roman Catholic Church from the earliest times to administer the sacrament of Baptism to infants. Parents very naturally want to pass along their own faith to their child and their values that flow from that faith. Baptism marks the beginning of this faith life.

Pope John Paul II calls the family the Domestic Church, the Christian home where the child begins to experience life as part of a collection of families called the Church. At Baptism, the parents and sponsors along with the whole Christian community take upon themselves the responsibility to make the Church and the world a place that will offer the newly baptized the love and support needed to grow to full Christian adulthood.

What do we need to do to arrange for our baby’s baptism?