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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had my Jewish college roommate as my third Godchild together with my sister and BIL. She stood up with siter and BIL but didn't speak the affirmations. She was very honored. [/quote]

She's still not officially a godparent even if she stood up during the ceremony.[/quote]

OP here.  As I stated, I am well aware that our Catholic nephew would be the only "official" godparent, but given that a non-Catholic supporter is permitted to stand and be part of the ceremony, it is extremely rude of you to belittle an event in which someone was "very honored."  I was not asking for details on Canon law about who qualifies as official godparents.  Let it go.

I think this is something we will just have to bring up with the priest ahead of time.  Thank you all for your input.  We are looking for a way to honor the special relationship that our friend has developed with our daughter (who is three years old, so we're already in the Catholic dog house), and I know that she would take the role of godparent very seriously.  Our nephew on the other hand, well, we needed somebody Catholic.  If it cna't be done, we will likely just have our nephew at the actual baptism and on the certificate, and have an outside of church celebration with our friend as her godmother.[/quote]

You really need to consider what you are doing and why you are doing this. Please talk to the priest (clearly not your priest). You at a minimum need to do baptismal prep class so you know what a Catholic baptism involves, why it is done, what it means. Canon Law is important, it is the rules of the Church. Non-Catholic are fine (even in Canon law) but they have to be Christian. Plus you aren't in the doghouse for baptizing a 3 year old. People of all ages can be baptized.

By your post it seems as though you don't want to do this. Which is completely fine. The priest will ask you about that. Just figure out if this is what you want for your child. [/quote]

Ay yi yi.  OP here.

We attend Catholic mass every week.  I am a member of the Orthodox church and am therefore allowed the Catholic sacraments, although I did not grow up in the Catholic tradition, nor have I ever attended a Catholic baptism.  Which is why I don't know what's generally permitted as far as godparents go.  We intend to raise our children as Catholic.  We already attended the baptismal class at our church (which consisted of a video... and that's it), but I am well-versed in what baptism means, why it is done, etc.  We have waited this long so that we had time to carefully consider which church (Catholic or Orthodox) in which we wanted to baptize.  I don't think anything in my post reflects an lack of sincerity in the sacrament.  Canon law requires one Catholic godparent--I understand that--but another non-Catholic can be involved in the ceremony as an unofficial godparent, and I simply wondered if this person could be Jewish.

We will just talk with our (yes, "our") priest about it. [/quote]

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