• REQUIREMENTS 
   

  Parents are to be registered members of the Parish Community, at least six months prior to the desired baptismal date or live in the Parish boundaries.

  • If the child is older than 7 years, needs to go thru the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).
  • The child’s birth certificate is to be provided.
  • Donation: According to their Stewardship record.
  • Godparent/s: Select Godparent/s who meet the following requirement
    • At least one; if two must be a man and a woman
    • Catholic who is actively practicing their faith.
    • At least 16 years of age and has received the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist.  They need to provide Confirmation Certificate.
    • If married, they must be in the Catholic Church (need to provide Marriage certificate)
    • Both parent/s and godparent/s are to attend the baptismal preparation class.

   

  
   
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• Holy Baptism

  Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life. (Rom 6: 3-4)
  Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission. This sacrament is called Baptism, after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein) means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes the catechumen's burial into Christ's death, from which he rises up by resurrection with him, as "a new creature." This sacrament is also called "the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit," for it signifies and actually brings about the birth of water and the Spirit without which no one "can enter the kingdom of God."
  "This bath is called enlightenment, because those who receive this [catechetical] instruction are enlightened in their understanding . . .." Having received in Baptism the Word, "the true light that enlightens every man," the person baptized has been "enlightened," he becomes a "son of light," indeed, he becomes "light" himself: (Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1213-1216)