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BAPTISM
Parishioners are invited and encouraged to have their children baptized at St. Paul Catholic Church. The Diocese of Sacramento requires that parents and Godparents must participate in the baptismal preparation program prior to the baptism being scheduled. Parents must contact the Parish office at 916-381-5200 to register for the baptismal preparation program and should be prepared to provide the office with information regarding the Godparents. The Parish staff will provide information regarding the baptism, schedule the preparation class and the following baptism ceremony, and provide a baptismal candle. The following information is provided for your convenience in planning this most important Sacrament of your child's life. Please remember that you must be pre-registered by the office for the class and the baptism. The baptismal preparation program class is held once a month, usually on the 3rd Thursday at 7:00 pm in the old parish hall. You will be provided with the exact date and time when you call to register. Baptisms are usually held on the 4th Saturday at 10:00 am in the church proper. The Parish office will provide you with your scheduled date and time. Classes pre-baptismales en español llamada:
Baptisms at St. Paul are performed as a group service. Adults who wish to become baptized in the Catholic Faith are encouraged to participate in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Learn more about RCIA. The Sacrament of Baptism in the Catholic Church "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded of you" (Matthew 28:19-20). Baptism is the first Sacrament celebrated in the process of becoming a full member of the Church community. It is the first of the three Sacraments of Initiation - Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. Baptism is, like all the Sacraments, a gift from God. Water is the universal symbol. Water is absolutely essential for all life. Water cleanses and restores. It is the waters of Baptism which give us new life. In accordance, through Baptism we also die to our old sinful selves in order to be restored and resurrected in the new life of Christ. "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."
-- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1279
This page last updated on Friday, March 19, 2010
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