• Family must be registered, participating members of the parish for at least 3 months
• Children 7 years of age and up are required to complete two years of preparation to receive

        the Sacrament. (Possibly through the catechumenate program).  Those under 
        the age of seven may be baptized without this requirement

• Parents and godparents must participate in a Baptismal preparation session

        and submit a copy of certificate of completion

• At least one godparent MUST BE a fully initiated Catholic in good standing

       and have an affidavit of suitability signed by their parish priest

• Parents must submit a copy of the child's birth certificate
• The Sacrament of Baptism is administered at one of our masses

• Family must be registered, participating members of the parish
• Preparation is a two-year program (*consecutive years)
• This sacrament is usually administered to students as early as second grade

        (*they can begin preparation in first grade)

• Children MUST receive the Sacrament of First Reconciliation before receiving

        the Sacrament of First Eucharist.  This sacrament is administered during the two
        years of preparation

• Family must be registered, participating members of the parish
• Classes are for students in 9th thru 11th grades
• Preparation is a two-year program (*consecutive years)
• A copy of the child's baptism and first communion certificates must be provided
• If you are an adult, 18 years or older, and you need the Sacrament of 

        Confirmation, you must participate in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
        program (RCIA) 
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• Those being considered for godparents for baptisms or sponsors for confirmation must meet the following criteria (canons 872-874):

        1.  They should be at least 16 years of age.
        2.  They MUST BE fully-initiated Catholics (having received the  Sacraments of 
             Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation).
        3.  They must be a practicing Catholic in both word and deed. ( For example:
             regularly attending Sunday mass)  Those who have fallen away from the
             practice of the faith MAY NOT serve as godparents or sponsors.
        4.  They are not the father or mother of the candidate for Baptism or 
             Confirmation.
        5.  If they are married, they must have been married in the Catholic Church.
 

•  For confirmation, there is to be only one sponsor
•  For baptisms, if there are two godparents, there must be one male and one   female; or there can be only one godparent
•  If only one godparent is chosen, parents may ask someone baptized in a non-​​​​​​

        Catholic community to serve as a Christian Witness to the ceremony, along
        with the Catholic godparent.