Baptism Course

The birth of a child is surely a big transformation in the life of the parents and in the whole family.

The pregnancy, the preparation, the birth, the first weeks… the growing up… getting to know the little person who is now developing her/his own personality… amazing miracle!

God wants also to be part of that new history of life… God wants to embrace the little/big life of each one of us and let us know we are well made and well loved, no matter what!

And there is so much more God would like to tell us, about ourselves and about our children. Often with the rhythm of life, our Christian knowledge lies forgotten, as a book full of dust on our bookshelf, or as a routine well kept out of our daily worries, longings and decisions.

One of the promises parents make when a young child is baptised is that he or she will be brought up as a Catholic. Obviously, they cannot do this if they are not practising their faith themselves. In other words, if they have stopped coming to Mass regularly, they are not creating the conditions for their child to be baptised. That doesn’t mean that the Church refuses to baptise, but it does mean that the baptism may be delayed. We will do everything we can to work with people to overcome whatever the problem is that is resulting in their not coming regularly to Mass. Come and talk with the Parish Priest about it.

BAPTISM COURSE

In preparation for a Baptism, we ask parents and godparents to attend a short baptism course with other parents. It consists of a 60  minute session and courses are held each month on the 2nd week of the month.

If you would like to attend the next available Baptism course, Baptism Registration Forms are available in the church lobby or can be downloaded from the link below. Fill it in and give it to Fr. Peter or hand it into the parish office. Completed forms can also be emailed to perivale@rcdow.org.uk

1. Baptism Registration Form – Perivale

Both parents should ideally attend the course along with the godparents. We do not recommend children come to the course and so you will need to arrange childcare. If this needs to be one of the parents, then it is fine if only one parent attends the course.

BAPTISM PREPARATION COURSES IN 2023

All courses are at 11.00am in the Parish Room usually on the second Saturday of every month, unless informed otherwise. Please check the Parish Newsletter each month to ensure the course is running. Also, please submit your Baptism Application Form before attending the course.