Do Catholic high schools require you upload a baptismal certificate?
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Anonymous
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We are Catholic, contributing members of a parish, but do not have a baptismal certificate due to a kerfluffle when DC was younger. Should we list 'Catholic' as our religion on the application if we don't have the certificate? Do the high schools require you to upload it?
We live in DC and are applying to: Gonzaga SJC DJO (Bishop O'Connell) Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney MD Dematha When we applied to our parish school years ago, this was an issue I think, but I haven't thought about it again until now. |
Anonymous
Didn’t you need a baptismal certificate for your child to go through first communion and confirmation? If he hasn’t gone through those sacraments I don’t think he’d be considered a practicing Catholic for high school admissions purposes. If he has completed them and it’s just a case of a lost baptismal certificate they should be able to figure out a work around for you with proof of the other sacraments. |
Anonymous
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Elementary schools require the baptismal certificate because they do sacrament prep.
High schools don’t so you just write down Catholic. At least in my experience. |
Anonymous
| Is the kerfluffle remediable? Aren't there parish records? |
Anonymous
Your child will need the baptismal certificate if they want to be married in the Church someday. |
Anonymous
I seem to recall having to upload baptismal certificates for Catholic High Schools. |
Anonymous
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What does this mean?
There is no way to be “almost” baptized. Either you are or you aren’t. It’s like being a little pregnant. If your children are baptized, you are able to get the certificate from the parish or diocese. If your children aren’t baptized, then your only option is to get them baptized. |
Anonymous
| We did not have to but we were applying from a Catholic K-8 that did have our records, so that could be why. |
Anonymous
| Not getting th kerfluffle comment. Was your child actually baptized? If it's just that you lost the certificate, you can get a new one from the Parish where the baptism occurred. |
Anonymous
| The word is kerfuffle. Only one L. |
Anonymous
| The baptismal certificate parents receive after the ceremony is more in the nature of a keepsake. The official record typically is held at the parish where the baptism occurred. If you contact them they will issue a copy should one be required for school. If the parish no longer exists contact the relevant (arch) diocese to find out who now has the records. |
Anonymous
+1. If your child was baptized in a Catholic Church, this is how you get the certificate. FWIW, though, Gonzaga does not ask for a copy and I don’t think DJO does either, although both ask whether you’re Catholic and for the name of your parish. If your DS is receiving sacraments at your church, they also would have likely asked for a copy and should be able to give you one if you need it for one of these schools. |
Anonymous
| The answer is no. A school like SJC is like 35%+ non-Catholic. |
Anonymous
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Yes and attendance reports from mass. If you’re able to get a ledger of your church tithes that helps too.
What a ridiculous question OP. |
Anonymous
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LOL
My kids were recruited by coaches at Catholic HS's in the DMV. We are Jewish none asked for any certificate. Soccer and Lax. LOL |