Congratulations on deciding to baptize your child at St. Bonaventure Church & welcome to our faith community.
Baptism Preparation (online workshop) is required for parents who are seeking Baptism for their infant.
Please follow these steps & the registration form below:
Catechism of the Catholic Church says: 1255 For the grace of Baptism to unfold, the parents' help is important. So too is the role of the godfather and godmother, who must be firm believers, able and ready to help the newly baptized - child or adult on the road of Christian life. Their task is a truly ecclesial function (officium). The whole ecclesial community bears some responsibility for the development and safeguarding of the grace given at Baptism.
To be a godparent, the person must be a fully initiated Catholic, (copies of Roman Catholic baptism certificate are required) one who is baptized and has received the sacraments of Eucharist and confirmation. In order to be of sufficient maturity and capacity, the godparent must be at least 16 years of age. And very importantly, it should be a person “who leads a life of faith in keeping with the function to be taken on” or, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, the godparents “must be firm believers.” (thecatholicspirit.com)