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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. For health safety reasons we are scheduling individual baptisms at this time
**There are mandatory GUIDELINES in place due to COVID-19, in order to keep everyone safe.
Please contact the parish office for current information.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 ONLINE via ZOOM through the parish office here at St. Maximilian 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.
*updated June 2020Baptism preparation classes at St. Maximilian are normally held on the third Saturday of the month:8:30 am to 12:30 pm - currently online is the only option due to COVID-19. *Once you register, the parish office will be in contact with information about logging into the online ZOOOM class.
[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.