Classes are usually held once a month. The consist of 3 sessions (2 hours each session)
Please call the office for exact dates. 

Only Parents can come to the Office to register their child for Baptism bringing the long form birth certificate. 
 

Can.  851 2/ the parents of an infant to be baptized and those who are to undertake the function of sponsor are to be instructed properly on the meaning of this sacrament and the obligations attached to it. The pastor personally or through others is to take care that the parents are properly instructed through both pastoral advice and common prayer, bringing several families together and, where possible, visiting them.

Guidelines for Godparents: If the Godparents are married, they must be married in the Catholic Church. 

If the Godparents are single, they must be living a true single life, not be cohabitating with anyone and have received all of their Sacraments; Baptism, 1st Communion, and Confirmation. 

 

CODE OF CANON LAW CHAPTER IV.

SPONSORS
Can.  872 Insofar as possible, a person to be baptized is to be given a sponsor who assists an adult in Christian initiation or together with the parents presents an infant for baptism. A sponsor also helps the baptized person to lead a Christian life in keeping with baptism and to fulfill faithfully the obligations inherent in it.
Can.  873 There is to be only one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each.
Can.  874 §1. To be permitted to take on the function of sponsor a person must:
1/ 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 or minister and have the aptitude and intention of fulfilling this function;
2/ have completed the sixteenth year of age, unless the diocesan bishop has established another age, or the pastor or minister has granted an exception for a just cause;
3/ 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 function to be taken on;
4/ not be bound by any canonical penalty legitimately imposed or declared;
5/ not be the father or mother of the one to be baptized.
§2. A baptized person who belongs to a non-Catholic ecclesial community is not to participate except together with a Catholic sponsor and then only as a witness of the baptism.

Both Parents and Godparents must attend the pre-baptismal classes.
Pre-registration is required for classes, no walk-ins accepted. 

Other details will be discussed during the registration and pre-baptismal class.