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GOAL: To prepare those parents seeking to have their child baptized, and those persons intending to be Godparents at Baptism.RITE OF BAPTISM
We require a Registration Form for this Sacrament.
Click to access our Infant Baptism Registration Form.
Infant baptisms are normally scheduled on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 10 AM in the Worship Space.
[No Rite of Baptism is held during Lent]BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASSES
Birth Certificates are required for Infant Baptism - we will make a copy and return original to you
- All parents seeking baptism for their child(ren), must be a parishioner of St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church.
- All parents & Godparents who wish to have an infant baptized, should attend a class in preparation for the Baptism.
- Attend class here at St. Maximilian Kolbe or at another parish; however if you attend at another parish, you must provide a Class Completion Certificate when registering to have your child[ren] baptized.
- Class Pre-Registration [below] is required to attend class. Our Baptism Preparation class holds a maximum of 30 students; we are unable to accept walk-ins on the day of class.
*updated Feb. 2018Baptism preparation classes at St. Maximilian are normally held on the third Saturday of the month:8:30 am to 12:30 pm in classroom 215/216. [No Rite of Baptism is held during Lent]
Click here for the current class schedule
GODPARENTS
According to Canon Law 873-4, there is to be only one male godparent and one female godparent or one of each. To be a godparent, the person must:- Be designated by the one to be baptized, by the parents or the person who takes their place, or in their absence, by the pastor, and have the aptitude and intention of being a godparent.
- Have completed the sixteenth year of age, unless the diocesan bishop has established another age, or the pastor has granted an exception for a just cause;
- Be a Catholic who has been confirmed, and has already received the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist, and who leads a life of faith in keeping with the responsibility to be taken on;
- Not be bound by any canonical penalty legitimately imposed or declared;
- Not be the father or mother of the one to be baptized.
- A baptized person who belongs to a non-Catholic ecclesial community is a Christian witness, and may assist together with a Catholic Godparent, as a witness of the baptism.