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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't see how it would fly even if the Baptism is immediately following the Mass.  I'm a lapsed Catholic myself and didn't choose to Baptise my child, but I respect the rituals and can't imagine just turning up and expecting a Baptism without attending the Mass that is scheduled to celebrate the additional sacrament of Baptism.  It's not like a drive-thru where you can just drive up and dunk your kid with some water.

At my parents' parish, so many babies were being Baptised that they did move to make the ceremony after the Mass rather than interspersed with it, but families still sat in the front pews and we're still referenced through the Mass.

Ultimately, there's nothing stopping you and your mom fr being there.  Save a seat for the baby and your brother and his wife, and remember that they are not you and their decisions don't reflect on you.  Naps ARE important, and maybe Mass is just not something they'd be concerned about.  That's on them, not you.  The more you can let them make their own mistakes, in life as well as in parenting, the happier you will all be.  Especially, hopefully, if you go on to have your own child(ren) and have a chance for the cousins to be close.[/quote]

Thank you- I was wondering if anyone would bring this up, or the quote from the OP :"While my brother and SIL don't regularly attend church, they do want to give my niece the option of having a religious life."

The whole point of baptizing is to bring your child up in the Catholic Church. You are making a promise. That means you go to church and you bring your child up in the church. It's not to give them "options". The confirmation is when the kid exercises their options. [/quote]

The real question for OP is if she is comfortable watching her B and SIL lie to the priest when they have to say "yes" and promise on the altar to raise their child in the Catholic faith.
If I were OP I would call the church and clarify the set up like I was just a clueless wanna be baptizer before I asked my brother.
Also just personally there is no way I would be so rude as to sneak in at the end. Let them do what they want, but I would be at the church without them for myself and my respect for the church.[/quote]

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