Baptism
The Sacrament of
Baptism
The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated for infants and small children once or twice each month on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm.
Requirements
- For a child to be baptized at San Francisco Solano Church, the family must be registered members of San Francisco Solano Parish. However, if for pastoral reasons, the pastor grants permission for a non-registered family to celebrate the sacrament of baptism at San Francisco Solano Parish, the family must provide a letter of permission from their home parish to celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism at San Francisco Solano
Parish and verification that the family has completed the baptismal preparation class or classes in their home parish.
- For registered families at San Francisco Solano Parish, both parents are required to attend one baptismal class prior to the baptism of their child, after which they may schedule a date for the celebration of the sacrament of baptism. Parents may choose to celebrate the sacrament of baptism the same month they attend the baptismal preparation class or at any other scheduled celebration of baptism.
- Baptismal classes are scheduled on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm in Meeting Rooms A and B.
Sponsors (Godparents) for the Sacrament of Baptism
- One Sponsor (Godparent), male or female (not dependent upon whether the child to be baptized is a boy or girt), is sufficient for the Sacrament of Baptism, but there may be two, one male and one female. If there are two Godparents, there must be a Godmother and a Godfather, not two Godmothers or two Godfathers.
- A Sponsor (Godparent) must be a Roman Catholic at least sixteen years of age who has been confirmed and has received the Eucharist and who practices his or her Catholic faith, which befits the role of Sponsor (Godparent). If married, the Sponsor (Godparent) must be married in accordance with the precepts of the Roman Catholic Church.
- A baptized non-Catholic may stand with a Catholic Sponsor as a Christian Witness to the Baptism, but not as a Sponsor (Godparent).
- A non-baptized person—a person of a non-Christian faith—may not stand as a Sponsor (Godparent) or Witness.
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