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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since you were both raised Catholic you can just join a parish and have the baby baptized there without any classes or nonsense.  You don;t ever have to go back to that parish church if you don't want to.  Baptizing in a Catholic Church for you will be the easiest.  [/quote]

Former Catholic here.  I know in the Arlington Diocese, this varies widely and can be church specific.  Example - we moved to St. Luke Parish in McLean when I was six months pregnant.  Finally got around to formally registering in parish after DC was born, but there was a requirement that families had to be members for a minimum of six months prior to scheduling an infant baptism.  It was scandalous to my large, traditional RC family of origin to baptize a six month old infant, but rules were rules!

I'm now a Presbyterian.  When second DC was born, DH and I had been regular attendees at our new church, but NOT members.  I inquired about Baptism and it couldn't have been simpler; provided bay's full name and we had a Baptism scheduled.  NO classes, no meetings.  I am now a full fledged church member, but it wasn't a requirement.[/quote]

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