For Catholics: Baptism Question

[Anonymous]

My husband and I got married 30 years ago in a Catholic Church. He’s not Catholic but the only requirement was to meet with the priest about 3 or 4 times and he talked about not leaving a spouse if they get sick or times get hard. He never asked my husband to learn anything about the church or ask about future children and religion.

There are more open minded churches especially now. It sounds like the child has a solid community at the church which he enjoys. Good for you for supporting that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it a bit odd that you want to baptize your child because it's important to the nanny. I know people do it because it's important to a family member but your nanny is an employee, no matter how close you may be. Anyway, keep in mind that during the ceremony, the priest will ask whether you intend to raise the child in the Catholic Church. It sounds like you aren't going to but will outsource it to your nanny. Sorry, that's just weird to me.

But FWIW, the requirements actually vary by parish. I think the most basic requirement that holds true across all parishes is that the godparents must be baptized Catholic. Beyond that, it varies. DH and were baptized Catholic and raised Catholic, but we weren't married in church. It wasn't an issue when we baptized our kids. I don't even think the church required the parents to be baptized Catholic.

Some parishes also require the parents to take class or series of classes prior to the baptism.

It seems like you're going through an awful lot of trouble to baptize your kid when only the nanny cares about it. Just a terrible idea all around.

Only one godparent has to be Catholic.

I think the point is that the child wants to be Catholic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:for catholics you NEED to be baptized by a priest - other christian denominations not so.

for catholic baptism - i forget exactly the rubrik but i think until about 6 or 7 or so you can be baptized without having to go through the whole religious education program. would def recommend calling your local parish and dont listen to anyone on this site specifically since most on here hate catholics and are possessed by demons.

NEED a priest. For a licit non-emergency baptism. But not for validity.