Infant Baptism

If you are seeking to baptize your child at our parish, congratulations!  We are delighted to help you welcome him or her into our household of faith. As do all events with eternal significance, the sacrament of Baptism demands thoughtful preparation, so please contact us early to determine available dates and allow time for both parents and godparents to get ready for the responsibility they are undertaking.  That readiness consists above all in following Christ as His faithful disciple, but it also involves the following expectations.
 
 
Parents:

1. Attend a baptismal preparation class. This may be done through classes offered at St. Thomas More (Please see below for the schedule) or through another Catholic parish. If individuals have undergone baptismal preparation as parent or godparent for a previous baptism, we do not ask them to retake the class unless it has been more than 4 years since they last underwent this formation.
2. Complete the Data Form for the baptismal register.
3. Establish or solidify your link with our parish community.  As a rule, children are baptized in the parish in which their parents reside or are registered, and we invite families who may not yet be registered in our parish to take this opportunity to do so, thereby solidifying their connection to our faith community.  We ask parents from another parish community who have a just cause to seek baptism at St. Thomas More to verify their pastor’s permission for this move. 

1. Attend a baptismal preparation class.  This may be done through classes offered at St. Thomas More (Please see below for the schedule) or through another Catholic parish.  If individuals have undergone baptismal preparation as parent or godparent for a previous baptism we do not ask them to retake the class unless it has been more than 4 years since they last underwent this formation.
2. Complete the diocesan Godparent Testimony Form/Testimonio de Padrinos.  Bring the completed but UNSIGNED form to a Catholic Church and ask a priest, deacon or pastoral minister of that parish to witness you signing the document. This witness must then sign the document and place the parish seal on it. 

• Sabado, Septiembre 3 9:00 am Bautismo Comunitario Diácono Luis Royo
• Sabado, Septiembre 10 7:15 pm Misa de Vigilia Fr. Scott McCue
• Sabado, Octubre 1 9:00 am Bautismo Comunitario Fr. Scott McCue
• Sabado, Octubre 8 7:15 pm Misa de Vigilia Fr. Scott McCue
• Sabado, Noviembre 5 9:00 am Bautismo Comunitario Fr. Steven DiMassimo
• Domingo, Noviember 13 1:15 pm Misa en Español Fr. Steven DiMassimo
• Sabado, Diciembre 3 9:00 am Bautismo Comunitario Diácono Luis Royo
• Sabado, Diciembre 10 7:15 pm Misa de Vigilia Fr. Scott McCue

• Septiembre 15
• Octubre 25
• Noviembre 22
• Diciembre 20