SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Baptisms are typically celebrated during all weekend Masses (Saturday 5pm, Sunday's 9am, 11am and 5:30pm), with no more than two Baptisms per Mass time, and one Saturday of each month at 10:00am, outside of a Mass.  We do not celebrate baptisms during Lent. 

DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR BAPTISM:

• Parish Member Registration -  Please  register here

• Sacristy Record of Baptism   - please print as landscape and complete

• Godfather Baptism Form - please read Godparent Qualifications below

• Godmother Baptism Form - please read Godparent Qualifications below

• Copy of the child’s birth certificate (or hospital verification of birth)

• PAY BAPTISM SUPPLY FEE HERE

• Baptism preparation online class registration (see below) and completion of online class
   

To set the date for a baptism you must first submit your completed documents
& meet all requirements above.

BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASS

When presenting a child for the Sacrament of Baptism, parents are required to attend a Baptism Preparation class.  

Of course, with many changes currently taking place to ensure everyone's health, we too are getting creative in how we do ministry.  We're happy to announce that we are providing an online option!  We have a way that you can participate and receive the Certificate of Completion.   If you have a child that will be baptized at St. Gabriel, we accept this as your attendance for a class.  If you are the parent or Godparent of a child to be baptized at another parish, please directly ask that parish if this would meet their requirements.   

We welcome you to FORMED! 
After you create your login, go to Programs/The Sacraments to watch REBORN!  

• Study Guide for Participant's  (link Reborn Participant Guide found in the left  under documents) - please complete each Session of provided reading material, video from link provided and small group questions (fill out the sheets). 
  • Session 1 - A New Creation:  The Mystery of Baptism
  • Session 2 - Entering the Mystery:  The Rite Explained
  • Session 3 - Nurturing the Life of Grace:  Called to Mission
• We ask that after completion of these sessions, you directly email jwelch@stgabriel.org your three Small Group Question sheets to meet completion of the course.

We thank you for your patience while we we're getting creative in our ministry!  We're here to help!  

If you have attended a class elsewhere in the past 2-3 years you can request a letter from that parish verifying that you have attended the class or bring the Certificate of Completion.  You may also attend the class at an area church and provide us with the Certificate of Completion. 

GODPARENTS (Sponsors)

Qualifications-

• Each Godparent must be a Confirmed & practicing Catholic, who is also in good standing with the church.  (This means a Catholic who is baptized, has received the Eucharist, has celebrated Confirmation and if married, they must have been married in the Catholic Church and provide documentation of a Sacramental Marriage). 
  • They must also have a letter from their current parish sent to the St. Gabriel Parish office to verify this.  Please ask them to reference your child in the letter.  The letter can be mailed, emailed, faxed or dropped off. 
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Not a parent of the one to be baptized.
• Not bound by any canonical penalty. 

Children 6th grade and above who need to be baptized follow a different process of preparation (RCIA adapted for Children). 

Contact Jo-Lynne Welch  (972) 542-7170 ext. 227 or jwelch@stgabriel.org
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