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Baptism
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Infant Baptism
Infant Baptism for Parents in English
Parents, PLEASE NOTE: There are no baptisms during Lent or Advent.
Para Español contactar a Lucero Sotelo, Coordinadora del Ministerio Hispano al 281-446-8211 o email [email protected] / Haga Click para el formulario de registro en Español)
(For children seven to seventeen years of age, contact Ginger at [email protected].)Procedure for Infant Baptism
FOR PARENTS:
(1) Contact me first at [email protected]. I will email the Welcome Packet to you. Note that the join code has changed from the one cited in the Welcome Packet. The current code as of June-December, 2022 is wxdhfkw. If you have received the emailed invitation into the course, simply accept the invitation; no need for the code.
(2) Once I have received your registration paperwork, I will invite you into the Google Classroom and give you access to FORMED, where our videos are housed.
(3) Complete the coursework on the Google Classroom by clicking the CLASSWORK tab. The course is organized into modules. (a) Download the Study Guide. (b) Watch the videos and answer the questions either by uploading your response page or commenting in the assignment. (c) Proceed through the course module by module.
(4) I will email you when you're eligible to schedule the Rite of Baptism. Schedule the Rite of Baptism by calling or emailing Ginger.
Godparents are strongly encouraged, but not required, to attend. There is a Godparent Course online. If you are a godparent, please contact me so that I can invite you into the Godparent Course Google Classroom.
Our Infant Baptism class is entirely online. Download the Google Classroom app if you don't have a GMail account
or choose the Google Classroom app from the "square made up of squares" next to your Google account icon in the upper righthand corner of your screen.Click on the large "plus" sign (+) to Join a Class and enter the code: wxdhfkw
ENGLISH BAPTISM CEREMONIES are limited to eight children per celebration. We celebrate the Rite of Baptism on the third Sunday of the month at 3 PM. We may offer other Sundays if the need arises.
Upcoming dates for the Rite of Baptism at 3 PM:
September 17 October 15 November 19 **NO Baptisms during the Season of Advent**Godparents:
Our parish follows the Infant Baptism Guidelines of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston: our archbishop requires that godparents be fully-initiated Catholics (have received the sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation) actively practicing their Catholic faith and, if married, be married in the Catholic Church.
(1) Contact me first at [email protected].
(2) I will invite you into the Godparent Google Classroom and give you access to FORMED, where our videos are housed.
(3) Complete the coursework on the Google Classroom by clicking the CLASSWORK tab. There is one video to watch and comment upon and three Godparent Promises to make.
(4) I will email you a Certificate of Completion which is valid for two years (in case you are asked to serve as a godparent again).
If you are being asked by another parish to provide a letter of eligibility to serve as a godparent, download the four documents of the Godparent packet, below.
Welcome Letter to Godparents asked to serve at another parish
Rights and Responsibilities of Godparents
Why Godparents must be married in the Catholic Church to serve
Form to request eligibility letter to serve as godparents at another parish
FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:Ginger Herrington, Director of Adult Formation
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RCIA (Becoming Catholic)
If you are an adult who has not been baptized and would like to be initiated into the Catholic Church then the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is for you! Find out more here.
For unbaptized children over the age of seven in elementary and high school, participation in our CCE (Continuing Catholic Education) is required to attend RCIA. Find out more here. -
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua),4 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: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word."5
I. WHAT IS THIS SACRAMENT CALLED?
1214 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."6
1215 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."7
1216 "This bath is called enlightenment, because those who receive this [catechetical] instruction are enlightened in their understanding . . . ."8 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:9
- Baptism is God's most beautiful and magnificent gift. . . .We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, and most precious gift. It is called gift because it is conferred on those who bring nothing of their own; grace since it is given even to the guilty; Baptism because sin is buried in the water; anointing for it is priestly and royal as are those who are anointed; enlightenment because it radiates light; clothing since it veils our shame; bath because it washes; and seal as it is our guard and the sign of God's Lordship.10