If this is your first baby, or if it has been more than two years since you baptized a child of your own at our parish, you and the baby’s other parent must first attend a Baptism Workshop. It is important to watch the BAPTISM VIDEO BEFORE COMING to the Workshop. (See Baptism Video information below.) Workshops are held on the 4th Saturday of each month, at 10:00 AM in the St. Francis meeting room for about one hour. Please contact the Parish Secretary to register.
We are currently scheduling private baptisms on Saturdays at 12:00 or 1:00 PM; or during the 11:30 AM Sunday Mass on the second Sunday of the month. Please contact the Parish Secretary for more information and to schedule.
A few key factors can turn an ordinary godparent into an extraordinary one. Here are some suggestions for fostering your unique relationship with your godchild:
Pray for your godchild. You can also pray together.
Spend time together. Be a constant presence in your godchild’s life.
Treat your godchild’s baptism as his/her birthday in the Church by sending a card and a gift.
Have a Mass offered on your godchild’s baptism date each year.
Send random notes or gifts to your godchild to let him/her know you are thinking about and praying for him/her.
Sign your letters, “Love, Your Godparent” and address them “To My Godchild.”
Take care of your own spiritual health. Seek spiritual guidance and counseling to strengthen your faith, because being strong in your own faith will help your godchild be strong in his/hers.
Teach your godchild by example and bring your faith to everything you do.