SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Let the little children
come to me
“The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism” – CCC 1250
BAPTISM SCHEDULEREGISTRATION
A NEW BIRTH
Born with original sin, Children too are in need of the new birth received through Baptism. With Baptism, we are freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all are called. Children especially experience the priceless grace of becoming a child of God when they are conferred Baptism as infants.
A NEW LIFE
Baptism is the first sacrament of initiation into Christian life. Only through it can other sacraments be received, such as Confirmation and Holy Communion. Baptism makes us members of the Body of Christ, it incorporates us into the Church as by one Spirit we are all baptised into one body.
A NEW COMMUNITY
Parents are the first teachers and witnesses of the faith. By baptizing their child, they agree to actively participate in their child’s faith formation, bringing him/her up in the teachings of the Church and allowing them opportunities to have a deep and personal encounter with Christ. Likewise the Godparents must be firm believers, able and ready to help the newly baptized on the road of Christian life.