What are the requirements for baptism?
Anyone having a child baptized needs to be an active parishioner for three months prior to scheduling the baptism of their child. At least one godparent must be a practicing, confirmed Catholic age 16 or older. Non-Catholic Christians, while not technically godparents, can be Christian witnesses for your child. Non-Christians cannot be sponsors for baptism, since they themselves are not baptized. However, you can invite a non-Christian to have a special place in your child’s life and share with your child his or her own faith tradition. Having two godparents of the same sex is not technically possible. One can be the “official” godparent for the sake of the record book, and one can be the “honorary” one. You don’t have to tell either which is which. Having more than two godparents is also not technically possible. However, again, one can be “honorary” godparent, and you needn’t tell who is and who isn’t. Just tell us, so that we can record the information for parish records. • May a re
