Requirements to baptize in Santa Monica
Registered in our parish or live in our area
From the parents: Baby’s Birth Certificate
7 years and older child must attend Catechism classes for I year.
From the Godparents:
One couple or one Godfather or one Godmother
If single:
Cannot live with boyfriend or girlfriend and we need a copy of their confirmation certificate.
Married:
Must be married by the Catholic Church and we need a copy of marriage certificate by the Catholic Church,
even if they are not baptizing with their spouse.
*****Couples Living together or married civilly cannot be sponsors******
**Parent needs permission from their church if they live out of our area
Please call the parish office to see what Saturdays are available and bring all paperwork together 2 weeks prior. Thank you
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Requisitos para bautizar en Santa Mónica :
Registrados en la parroquia o vivir en el área
De los Padres : Acta de nacimiento del bebe
De 7 años o mayor el niño/a deberá asistir a clases de catecismo por un año
De los padrinos
: solo una pareja o un hombre solo o una mujer sola.
Solteros :
No deben de vivir con su novio o su novia y necesitamos su acta de confirmación .
Casados:
Deben de estar casados por la Iglesia Católica y necesitamos el Acta de Matrimonio por la Iglesia Católica, aunque no bautice con su esposo/a.
*******Parejas viviendo juntos o casados por el civil no pueden ser padrinos *****
**Padres necesitan permiso de su parroquia si viven fuera de nuestra área **
Por favor hable a la parroquia para ver que sabados estan disponibles y traer todos los papeles junto 2 semanas antes. Gracias
The sacrament of baptism ushers us into the divine life, cleanses us from sin, and initiates us as members of the Christian community. It is the foundation for the sacramental life.
At baptism, the presider prays over the water:
Baptism frees us from the bondage of original and actual sin. Water is poured in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Today, the sacrament of baptism is often performed on infants, shortly after birth. Adult baptisms take place at the Easter Vigil through the restored Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. Adults or children who have been baptized in a valid Christian church are not baptized again in the Catholic church. As we say in the Nicene Creed, “I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins…”
The Catechism
teaches:
"The fruit of Baptism, or baptismal grace, is a rich reality that includes forgiveness of original sin and all personal sins, birth into the new life by which man becomes an adoptive son of the Father, a member of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit. By this very fact the person baptized is incorporated into the Church, the Body of Christ, and made a sharer in the priesthood of Christ" (CCC 1279).
While in ordinary circumstances, sacraments in the Catholic Church are administered validly by a member of the ordained clergy, in an emergency situation, the sacrament of baptism can be administered by anyone.
In case of necessity, any person can baptize provided that he have the intention of doing that which the Church does and provided that he pour water on the candidates head while saying: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (CCC 1284).