Annunciation Parish

Baptism

Annunciation Parish Infant Baptism Preparation Classes & Baptism Dates:

Deadline for Registration Instruction Date Baptism Date
December 21, 2009 January 11, 2010 January 23 & 24, 2010
Janaury 18, 2010 February 8, 2010 Febraury 28, 2010 -- 1:00 PM with Deacon *Lent - baptisms are not celebrated during Mass
February 15, 2010 March 8, 2010 March 21, 2010 -- 1:00 PM with Deacon *Lent - baptisms are not celebrated during Mass
March 22, 2010 April 12, 2010 April 24 & 25, 2010
April 19, 2010 May 10, 2010 May 22 & 23, 2010
May 17, 2010 June 14, 2010 June 26 & 27, 2010
June 21, 2010 July 12, 2010 July 24 & 25, 2010
July 19, 2010 August 9, 2010 August 28 & 29, 2010
August 23, 2010 September 13, 2010 September 18 & 19, 2010
September 20, 2010 Octover 11, 2010 October 23 & 24, 2010
October 18, 2010 November 8, 2010 November 20 & 21, 2010
November 22, 2010 December 13, 2010 December 18 & 19, 2010

INFANT BAPTISM PREPARATION

Parents and Godparents seeking baptism for a child have a responsibility to attend a baptism preparation session before the Baptism takes place. Annunciation Parish offers a Baptism Preparation instruction class once a month, on the 2nd Monday of each month from 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Parents should carefully consider choosing a saint’s name for their child, perhaps a role model whose life reflects the hopes and aspirations for this God-given child. Please contact the Parish office to register and for more information.

Baptisms usually take place on the 4th weekend of the month except November and December (3rd weekend due to the holidays.) There are no baptisms during Mass during Lent.

The Necessity of Baptism

Christians have always interpreted the Bible literally when it declares, "Baptism . . . now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ" (1 Pet. 3:21; cf. Acts 2:38, 22:16, Rom. 6:3–4, Col. 2:11–12).

Thus the early Church Fathers wrote in the Nicene Creed (A.D. 381), "We believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins."

And the Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "The Lord himself affirms that baptism is necessary for salvation [John 3:5]. . . . Baptism is necessary for salvation for those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament [Mark 16:16]" (CCC 1257).

The Christian belief that baptism is necessary for salvation is so unshakable that even the Protestant Martin Luther affirmed the necessity of baptism. He wrote: "Baptism is no human plaything but is instituted by God himself. Moreover, it is solemnly and strictly commanded that we must be baptized or we shall not be saved. We are not to regard it as an indifferent matter, then, like putting on a new red coat. It is of the greatest importance that we regard baptism as excellent, glorious, and exalted" (Large Catechism 4:6).

Catholic Answers, “The Necessity of Baptism” (San Diego: Catholic Answers, 2004)

http://www.catholic.com/library/Necessity_of_Baptism.asp

 

 


 

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