Infant Baptism
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Baptism of an infant begins the faith journey of the child within the Christian community. This faith is nourished by parents, relatives, friends and the community into which the child has been baptised. It is an important choice parents make to ensure the child will both know and experience what it is to belong to a faith community. This is why baptism will normally be celebrated in your local parish as it is in the community in which you are involved that your child will grow and feel secure. The community assists you in developing your child in the ways of faith and we take this faith way of acting and believing into our daily living.
“The living of Baptism – which flows out from the event – has as its proper place, ‘the world’, the ordinary, human places of daily life.” Watkins ‘Living Baptism – Called out of the Ordinary.’ P 14. In our Parish
Initiation of Older ChildrenChildren thirteen years and older receive the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. Their preparation is a specific process which takes place over a number of weeks during Lent. Contact the Cathedral Office for further information and bookings.
Baptism or Reception into the Church for AdultsAdults who have never been baptised or who have been baptised in another Christian tradition may desire to be initiated or received into the Catholic Church. The length of time for their preparation will vary according to their personal history, and in particular, their involvement and practice in other traditions. Those who have been baptised previously are usually prepared to receive the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist, which can take place at any time of the Church’s Year. Those who have never been baptised are normally initiated into the Church at the Easter Vigil.
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