527 South Houston Avenue, Humble, TX 77338 | 281-446-8211
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Infant Baptism for Parents in English
Para Español contactar a Susie Aramburu, Coordinadora del Ministerio Hispano al 281-446-8211 o email saramburu@st-mm.com / Haga Click para el formulario de registro en Español)
ENGLISH BAPTISM CEREMONIES upcoming. Due to COVID-19, we are limiting the number of children to no more than eight per celebration.
Upcoming dates for the Rite of Baptism:
Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3 PM Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 3 PM
Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 3 PM
Welcome Packet
Class schedule & how to access it
Email for info
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.
If you are being asked by another parish to provide certification of parish registration in good standing, download the four documents of the Godparent packet, below. Or you can pick the Godparent packet up from our church office, Monday through Friday, from 8 AM to 4:30 PM.
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
If you are required to attend a baptism class, contact Ginger.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Ginger Herrington, Director of Adult Formation
gingerh@st-mm.com
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.
Necesita información en Español? Favor contactar a Susie Aramburu, Coordinadora del Ministerio Hispano al 281-446-8211 o email saramburu@st-mm.com
https://watch.formed.org/renacer
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