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hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 02:38 PM Jan 2013

Baptism - who should be baptized?

My oldest is 33, my youngest is 22 and the Church policy when my kids were born was to emphasize Baptism as initiation into the community. In other words, you were expected to be at Mass on a regular basis and follow other Church rules if you wanted your child baptized.

So now, a friend of my daughter is living in unwedded bliss with his girl friend with no intention to marry on the near horizon. He hasn't been to Mass in years. He wants to have his young son baptized.

So - refuse Baptism to those who might show up for Christmas and Easter, First Communion and weddings?

Or - baptize the baby and hope the family retains some connection to the Church?


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Baptism - who should be baptized? (Original Post) hedgehog Jan 2013 OP
The parents must explicitly promise to raise the child Catholic, even if they don't go themselves. rug Jan 2013 #1
 

rug

(82,333 posts)
1. The parents must explicitly promise to raise the child Catholic, even if they don't go themselves.
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 02:41 PM
Jan 2013

If they shuck their promise, it's on them.

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